Ancient Civilization Articles

• Global Warming
  Oceanography
  Early Climate
  El Nino and La Nina
  Climate
  Geology
   
  

  Sequence stratigraphy

  Sequence stratigraphy is a relatively new branch of geology that attempts to link prehistoric sea-level changes to sedimentary deposits. The 'sequence' part of the name refers to cyclic sedimentary ... > more
• Caving
  Acid Rain
  Geography
  Geology
  Oceanography
  Water
   
  

  Limestone

  Limestone is a sedimentary rock composed largely of the mineral calcite (calcium carbonate: CaCO3). Limestones often contain variable amounts of silica in the form of chert or flint, as well as ... > more
• Early Humans
  Human Evolution
  Anthropology
  Fossils
  Cultures
  Charles Darwin
   
  

  Rhodesian Man

  Rhodesian Man (Homo rhodesiensis) is a hominin fossil that was described from a cranium found in an iron and zinc mine in Northern Rhodesia (now Kabwe, Zambia) in 1921 by Tom Zwiglaar, a Swiss miner. ... > more
• Archaeology
  Ancient Civilizations
  Cultures
  Human Evolution
  Fossils
  Early Climate
   
  

  Cave painting

  Cave or rock paintings are paintings painted on cave or rock walls and ceilings, usually dating to prehistoric times. Rock paintings have been made since the Upper Paleolithic, 40,000 years ago. They ... > more
• Human Evolution
  Early Humans
  Anthropology
  Cultures
  Fossils
  Evolution
   
  

  Neanderthal

  The Neanderthal or Neandertal was a species of Homo (Homo (sapiens) neanderthalensis) that inhabited Europe and parts of western Asia from about 230,000 to 29,000 years ago, during the Middle ... > more
• Ice Ages
  Global Warming
  Early Climate
  Climate
  Snow and Avalanches
  Geography
   
  

  Little Ice Age

  The Little Ice Age (LIA) was a period of cooling lasting approximately from the 14th to the mid-19th centuries, although there is no generally agreed start or end date: some confine the period to ... > more
• Sports Science
  Ancient Civilizations
  Construction
  Weapons Technology
  Anthropology
  Robotics Research
   
  

  Trebuchet

  A trebuchet, also sometimes called a trebucket is a medieval siege engine, a weapon employed either to batter masonry or to throw projectiles over walls. The invention of the trebuchet derives, no ... > more
• Caving
  Oceanography
  Archaeology
  Ancient Civilizations
  Water
  Evolution
   
  

  Stalagmite

  A stalagmite is a type of speleothem that rises from the floor of a limestone cave due to the dripping of mineralized solutions and the deposition of calcium carbonate. The corresponding formation ... > more
• Early Humans
  Human Evolution
  Anthropology
  Fossils
  Evolution
  Cultures
   
  

  Peking Man

  Peking Man (sometimes now called Beijing Man), also called Sinanthropus pekinensis (currently Homo erectus pekinensis), is an example of Homo erectus. The remains were first discovered in 1923-27 ... > more
• Fossils
  Geography
  Geology
  Origin of Life
  Extinction
  Environmental Policy
   

  Paleozoic

  The Paleozoic Era is a major division of the geologic timescale, one of four geologic eras. The Paleozoic includes six geologic periods; from oldest to youngest -- the Cambrian, Ordovician, Silurian, ... > more

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