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Archaeologist Models Past and Future Landscapes
February 20, 2011 — An archaeologist says it takes a revolution in thought, along with the newest methods of modeling, to produce a comprehensive picture of the past that can help inform land-use decisions for our ... > 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 -
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 -
New View of Human Evolution? 3.2 Million-Year-Old Fossil Foot Bone Supports Humanlike Bipedalism in Lucy's Species
February 10, 2011 — A fossilized foot bone recovered from Hadar, Ethiopia, shows that by 3.2 million years ago human ancestors walked bipedally with a modern human-like foot. These findings support the hypothesis that ... > full story -
Foot Bone Suggests Lucy's Kin Had Arched Foot, for Walking
February 10, 2011 — Researchers have found proof that arches existed in a predecessor to the human species that lived more than 3 million years ago. This discovery could change scientists' views of human ... > full story -
Newly Discovered Dinosaur Likely Father of Triceratops
January 31, 2011 — Triceratops and Torosaurus have long been considered the kings of the horned dinosaurs. But a new discovery traces the giants' family tree further back in time, when a newly discovered species called ... > 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 -
Climatic Fluctuations in Last 2,500 Years Linked to Social Upheavals
January 27, 2011 — Complete record of the Central European climate of the last 2,500 years reconstructed for the first time. It would seem that there are striking chronological parallels between significant variations ... > full story -
Humans Have Been Provoking Climate Change for Thousands of Years, Carbon History Shows
January 24, 2011 — The Roman Conquest, the Black Death and the discovery of America -- by modifying the nature of the forests -- have had a significant impact on the environment. These are the findings of scientists in ... > 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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