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Paleontologists Audition Modern Examples of Ancient Behavior
March 16, 2011 — A video of a modern shellfish by paleontologists suggests a way to test theories about the behavior of fossilized ... > full story -
Atlantis Found? Film Highlights Professor’s Efforts to Locate Fabled Lost City
March 12, 2011 — Could the fabled lost city of Atlantis have been located? Using satellite photography, ground-penetrating radar and underwater technology, a team of experts has been surveying marshlands in Spain to ... > full story -
Scanning Antiquity Underfoot
March 8, 2011 — Scientists have invented a tool that combines advanced analyses from many geophysical methods to "see" below the earth's surface at depths of up to several dozen yards. With this information, ... > full story -
First Skyscraper Was a Monument to Intimidation: How Jericho's 11,000-Year-Old 'Cosmic' Tower Came Into Being
February 17, 2011 — An ancient tower at the archaeological site of Tel Jericho was built to exploit the primeval fears of Jericho's residents, according to new findings. "We believe this tower was one of the mechanisms ... > full story -
Earliest Humans Not So Different from Us, Research Suggests
February 14, 2011 — New research suggests that "behavioral modernity" is a flawed concept. In truth, early humans were not much different from us, an archaeologist ... > full story -
Ancient Mesoamerican Sculpture Uncovered in Southern Mexico
February 14, 2011 — With one arm raised and a determined scowl, the figure looks ready to march right off his carved tablet and into the history books. If only we knew who he was -- corn god? Tribal chief? Sacred ... > full story -
Mummy Remains Show False Toes Helped Ancient Egyptians Walk
February 13, 2011 — Two artificial big toes -- one found attached to the foot of an ancient Egyptian mummy -- may have been the world's earliest functional prosthetic body parts, says the scientist who tested replicas ... > full story -
Quest for Extinct Giant Rats Leads Scientists to Ancient Face Carvings
February 11, 2011 — Ancient stone faces carved into the walls of a well-known limestone cave in East Timor have been discovered by a team searching for fossils of extinct giant ... > full story -
X-Rays Reveal Hidden Leg of an Ancient Snake: New Hints on How Snakes Were Getting Legless
February 7, 2011 — Synchrotron X-ray investigation of a fossilized snake with legs is helping scientists better understand how in the course of evolution snakes have lost their legs, and whether they evolved from ... > full story -
Secrets in Stone: Rare Archaeological Find in Norway
January 31, 2011 — It looked to be a routine excavation of what was thought to be a burial mound. But beneath the mound, archaeologists from Norway found something more: unusual Bronze Age ... > full story -
New Evidence for Climate Impacts on Ancient Societies
January 13, 2011 — Annual-resolved European summer climate has, for the first time ever, been reconstructed over the past 2,500 years. Tree rings reveal possible links between past climate variability and changes in ... > full story -
Chemical Analysis Confirms Discovery of Oldest Wine-Making Equipment Ever Found
January 11, 2011 — Scientists have discovered and dated the oldest complete wine production facility ever found, including grape seeds, withered grape vines, remains of pressed grapes, a rudimentary wine press, a clay ... > full story
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