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Where And Why Humans Made Skates Out Of Animal Bones
December 26, 2007 — Archaeological evidence shows that bone skates (skates made of animal bones) are the oldest human powered means of transport, dating back to 3000 BC. Why people started skating on ice and where is ... > full story -
Unknown Monumental Building Of Herod The Great (73-4 BC) Unearthed
December 25, 2007 — Excavations are underway in the East Jordan Land. With findings on the mountain Tall adh-Dhahab (West) in the Jabbok Valley the archaeologists could substantiate one assumption: everything points to ... > full story -
Geologists Say 'Wall Of Africa' Allowed Humanity To Emerge
December 22, 2007 — Scientists long have focused on how climate and vegetation allowed human ancestors to evolve in Africa. Now, geologists are calling renewed attention to the idea that ground movements formed ... > full story -
Ancient Egyptian Glassmaking Recreated
December 21, 2007 — Archaeologist have reconstructed a 3,000-year-old glassmaking furnace, suggesting that Ancient Egyptian technology was more advanced than previously thought. It was previously thought that the ... > full story -
Whales Descended From Tiny Deer-like Ancestors
December 21, 2007 — Scientists since Darwin have known that whales are mammals whose ancestors walked on land. But one critical step was missing: The identity of the land ancestors of whales. Researchers have now ... > full story -
Stunning Survey Unveils New Secrets Of Caistor Roman Town
December 21, 2007 — On the morning of Friday July 20, 1928, the crew of an RAF aircraft took photographs over the site of the Roman town of Venta Icenorum at Caistor St. Edmund in Norfolk, a site which now lies in open ... > full story -
Arctic Impact Crater Lake Reveals Interglacial Cycles In Sediments
December 21, 2007 — Scientists have taken cores from the sediments of a Canadian Arctic lake and found an interglacial record indicating two ice-free periods that could pre-date the Holocene Epoch. By examining ... > full story -
Monkeys Can Perform Mental Addition
December 20, 2007 — Monkeys have the ability to perform mental addition. In fact, monkeys performed about as well as college students given the same test. The findings shed light on the shared evolutionary origins of ... > full story -
Ancient Fish Bones Reveal Impacts Of Global Warming Beneath The Sea
December 18, 2007 — Through the study of archaeological material, tax accounts, church registers and account books of monasteries, an international group of fisheries ecologists and fisheries/maritime historians have ... > full story -
Evolution With A Restricted Number Of Genes
December 18, 2007 — Single-cell organisms were already in existence 500 million years ago, with several thousand genes providing different cellular functions. Further developments seemed dependent on producing even more ... > full story -
Ape To Human: Walking Upright May Have Protected Heavy Human Babies
December 17, 2007 — The transition from apes to humans may have been partially triggered by the need to stand on two legs, in order to safely carry heavier babies. For safety, all nonhuman primates carry their young ... > full story -
Student Identifies Enormous New Dinosaur
December 17, 2007 — The remains of one of the largest meat-eating dinosaurs ever found have recently been recognized as representing a new species by a student working at the University of ... > full story
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