Archaeology News

Posted February 8, 2007:

• Fitness Has Fallen Since The Days Of Ancient Greece

Posted January 30, 2007:

• Earliest Semitic Text Revealed In Egyptian Pyramid Inscription

Posted January 29, 2007:

• Anthropologist Confirms 'Hobbit' Indeed A Separate Species

Posted January 24, 2007:

• First Genetic Evidence Of Long-Lived African Presence Within Britain
• 'Terror Bird' Arrived In North America Before Land Bridge, Study Finds

Posted January 23, 2007:

• Paleontologists Discover Most Primitive Primate Skeleton

Posted January 16, 2007:

• 40,000-Year-Old Skull Shows Both Modern Human And Neandertal Traits

Posted January 4, 2007:

• Researchers Track Movements Of Ancient Central Americans Using Satellites, Video-Game Technology

Posted December 18, 2006:

• Small Furry Mammal Was Capable Of Gliding Flight Possibly Before Birds

Posted December 8, 2006:

• Ancient Ape Ruled Out Of Man's Ancestral Line

Posted November 30, 2006:

• Archaeologists Unearth Ancient Curse: Tablet To God Maglus Invokes Destruction Of Cloak-Pilferer
• World's Oldest Ritual Discovered -- Worshipped The Python 70,000 Years Ago

Posted November 28, 2006:

• Radiologists Attempt To Solve Mystery Of Tut's Demise

Posted November 13, 2006:

• Recovering Pompeii

Posted November 6, 2006:

• More Human-Neandertal Mixing Evidence Uncovered

Posted November 4, 2006:

• Fossils Of Ancient Sea Monster Found In Montana

Posted October 27, 2006:

• Early Bronze Age Mortuary Complex Discovered In Syria

Posted October 26, 2006:

• Scientists Find Lamprey A 'Living Fossil': 360 Million-Year-Old Fish Hasn't Evolved Much

Posted October 19, 2006:

• West Australian Fossil Find Rewrites Land Mammal Evolution

Posted October 14, 2006:

• Few Clues About African Ancestry To Be Found In Mitochondrial DNA

Posted October 12, 2006:

• Rapid Sea Level Rise In The Arctic Ocean May Alter Views Of Human Migration

Posted October 5, 2006:

• Humble Shoelace Tag Carried More Currency Than Gold On Columbus's Travels

Posted October 4, 2006:

• Ancient Hair Dye Based On Nanotechnology

Posted October 3, 2006:

• Anthropologist Challenges Species Identification Of Ancient Child Skeleton Found In Ethiopia

Posted October 1, 2006:

• Silver Anomalies Found In Jerusalem Pottery Hint At Wealth During Second Temple Period

Posted September 28, 2006:

• Geologists Help Find And Explain Earliest Known Human Ancestor Child

Posted September 25, 2006:

• Computer Hunt For Rock Carvings

Posted September 21, 2006:

• Earliest Baby Girl Ever Discovered: Australopithecus Afarensis Child Sheds Light On Human Evolution

Posted September 15, 2006:

• Researchers Find Evidence Of The Earliest Writing In The New World

Posted September 10, 2006:

• Climate Change Rocked Cradles Of Civilization

Posted August 25, 2006:

• No Hobbits In This Shire: Researchers Say Skeletal Remains Are Pygmy Ancestors

Posted August 1, 2006:

• Radiocarbon Testing Challenges Understanding Of Ancient Hawaiian Architecture, Social Complexity

Posted July 30, 2006:

• Archaeologists Hot On The Trail Of Columbus' Sunken Ships

Posted July 26, 2006:

• Ancient Global Warming Drove Early Primates' Dispersal

Posted July 13, 2006:

• Scientists Discover An Ancient Predator-Prey Relationship

Posted June 30, 2006:

• Etruscan Expert Announces Historic Discovery At Ancient Site

Posted June 26, 2006:

• Bones Of Baby Ice Age Sloth Carefully Reconstructed

Posted June 4, 2006:

• Tamed 11,400 Years Ago, Figs Were Likely First Domesticated Crop
• Anthropologist Looks At Superstition About June 6 And '666'

Posted May 26, 2006:

• Ancient Etruscans Unlikely Ancestors Of Modern Tuscans, Statistical Testing Reveals

Posted May 23, 2006:

• How Ancient Whales Lost Their Legs, Got Sleek And Conquered The Oceans

Posted May 17, 2006:

• Ancient Tomb Sheds New Light On Egyptian Colonialism
• Coral Reef Reveals History Of Fickle Weather In The Central Pacific

Posted May 1, 2006:

• UCLA Egyptologists To Launch New E-Encyclopedia

Posted April 30, 2006:

• A Site To Be Seen: Ancient Earthworks Electronically Rebuilt, To Become A Traveling Exhibit

Posted April 29, 2006:

• New Evidence Suggests The Need To Rewrite Bronze Age History

Posted April 27, 2006:

• 'Banana-Jawed' Fossil Mammal Linked To Rare Sound-Producing Skill

Posted April 26, 2006:

• Kennewick Man Skeletal Find May Revolutionalize Continent's History

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