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Archaeologists Date World's Oldest Timber Constructions
December 20, 2012 — A research team has succeeded in precisely dating four water wells built by the first Central European agricultural civilization with the help of dendrochronology or growth ring dating. The wells ... > full storyMore: -
Study of Pipestone Artifacts Overturns a Century-Old Assumption
December 18, 2012 — In a new study, the first to actually test pipestone from quarries across the upper Midwest, researchers conclude that those who buried ceremonial pipes in a famous mound site in southeastern Ohio ... > full story -
Crisis in Syria Has Mesopotamian Precedent, Experts Say
December 18, 2012 — New research has revealed intriguing parallels between modern day and Bronze-Age Syria as the Mesopotamian region underwent urban decline, government collapse, and ... > full story -
Reconstructing the Site of Richard III’s Last 'Resting Place' Before Bosworth
December 17, 2012 — A team of researchers in the UK has reconstructed models of the Blue Boar Inn -- reputed to have housed King Richard III before the battle of Bosworth -- following the discovery of a notebook in a ... > full story -
Tracing Humanity's African Ancestry May Mean Rewriting 'out of Africa' Dates
December 13, 2012 — New research may lead to a rethinking of how, when and from where our ancestors left Africa. Explorations in the Iringa region of southern Tanzania yielded fossils and other evidence that records the ... > full story -
Too Many Antibiotics? Bacterial Ecology That Lives on Humans Has Changed in Last 100 Years
December 13, 2012 — A new study has demonstrated that ancient DNA can be used to understand ancient human microbiomes. The microbiomes from ancient people have broad reaching implications for understanding recent ... > full story -
Finding Life in the Volcanic Systems of the Antarctic Polar Front
December 13, 2012 — Volcanic waters in the cold Southern Ocean are the destination for RRS James Cook's current expedition. Scientists are exploring a 2-mile deep water system of hydrothermal vents, calderas and cold ... > full story -
Dead Guts Spill History of Extinct Microbes: Fecal Samples from Archeological Sites Reveal Evolution of Human Gut Microbes
December 12, 2012 — Extinct microbes in fecal samples from archaeological sites across the world resemble those found in present-day rural African communities more than they resemble the microbes found in the gut of ... > full story -
Chemical Analysis Reveals First Cheese-Making in Northern Europe 7,000 Years Ago
December 12, 2012 — Archeologists have the first unequivocal evidence that humans in prehistoric Northern Europe made cheese more than 7,000 years ... > full story -
Micro Sensors Help Underwater Robots Swim Like Fish
December 12, 2012 — Scientists have invented a 'sense-ational' device, similar to a string of 'feelers' found on the bodies of the Blind Cave Fish, which enables the fish to sense their surrounding and so navigate ... > full story
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