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Dwindling Green Pastures, Not Hunting, May Have Killed Off the Mammoth
August 17, 2010 — A massive reduction in grasslands and the spread of forests may have been the primary cause of the decline of mammals such as the woolly mammoth, woolly rhino and cave lion, according to ... > full story -
Secrets of a Vanished English Landscape: Geologists Examine 5,000-Year-Old 'Fossilized' Landscape
August 17, 2010 — A team of scientists in the UK has published new research on a fossilized landscape, providing insights into how an ancient environment ... > full story -
Stone Age Remains Are Britain's Earliest House
August 10, 2010 — Archaeologists working on Stone Age remains at a site in North Yorkshire say it contains Britain's earliest surviving house. Archaeologists have revealed that the home dates to at least 8,500 BC -- ... > full story -
Reading Zip Codes of 3,500-Year-Old Letters: Non-Destructive X-Ray Scanning of Archaeological Finds
August 5, 2010 — A researcher in Israel uses a hand-held device based on x-ray fluorescence, a device that can be found in many chemistry labs, to non-destructively ascertain the chemical composition of ancient ... > full story -
The Evolutionary Origins of Coral Sex
August 2, 2010 — Ancient corals consisted of mostly separate sexes and needed to pass through an evolutionarily period in which they brooded their young before they could become spawning hermaphrodites, according to ... > full story -
Protein Identified That Can Result in Fragile Bones
July 27, 2010 — Too little of a protein called neogenin results in a smaller skeleton during development and sets the stage for a more fragile bone framework lifelong, researchers ... > full story -
Archaeologists Discover Biggest Rat That Ever Lived: Weight of About 6 Kilograms (Over 13 Lb)
July 26, 2010 — Archaeological research in East Timor has unearthed the bones of the biggest rat that ever lived, with a body weight around six kilograms. Today's biggest rats weigh around two kilograms and live in ... > full story -
Extreme Archaeology: Divers Plumb the Mysteries of Sacred Maya Pools
July 22, 2010 — Steering clear of crocodiles and navigating around massive submerged trees, a team of divers began mapping some of the 25 freshwater pools of Cara Blanca, Belize, which were important to the ancient ... > full story -
Remarkable Fossil Cave Shows How Ancient Marsupials Grew
July 15, 2010 — The discovery of a remarkable 15-million-year-old Australian fossil limestone cave packed with even older animal bones has revealed almost the entire life cycle of a large prehistoric marsupial, from ... > full story -
Ancient Birds from North America Colonized the South, Thanks to Panama Land Bridge
July 13, 2010 — Scientists studying ancient species migration believe northern birds had the ability to colonize continents that southern species lacked. The research reveals how the ancient 'land bridge' of Panama, ... > full story
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