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Science & Tech News tagged with ancient

Did We Wipe Out the Prehistoric Hobbit Man?
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Daphna
- 3 hours ago - environmentalgraffiti.com
A race of intelligent, diminutive hominids co-existing alongside humanity in South-East Asia? In the year 2003, a creature from mythology stepped out of the shadows and into the cold, hard light of science when an archaeological dig revealed what ap
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U. of C.'s Sereno Unveils Ancient Crocodile Fossils
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Lone
- 1 day ago - chicagotribune.com
Crocodiles may have a nasty, nightmarish reputation among most people, but the leathery, snappish critters have been around so long that they probably gave most dinosaurs a fright, too
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Treasure Trove of History Found at SugarHouse Site
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Lone
- 2 days ago - philly.com
Under a tent on the grounds of the future SugarHouse Casino, archaeologists sift through buckets of debris, picking out and bagging the choicest broken bits.
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Lakes of Antarctica Isolated for Millions of Years Discovered With New, Unknown Viruses
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Beatrice
- 9 days ago - dailygalaxy.com
Like a modern, micro version of The Thing, Antarctica's icy lakes have been discovered to house a surprisingly diverse community of viruses, including some that were previously unidentified. The finding could shed light on whether microbial life evolved
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Stone Age Humans Crossed Sahara in the Rain
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Marty
- 10 days ago - newscientist.com
Wet spells in the Sahara may have opened the door for early human migration. According to new evidence, water-dependent trees and shrubs grew there between 120,000 and 45,000 years ago. This suggests that changes in the weather helped early humans cross
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Vanished Persian Army Said Found in Desert
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Marty
- 10 days ago - news.discovery.com
Bones, jewelry and weapons found in Egyptian desert may be the remains of Cambyses' army that vanished 2,500 years ago.
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When Nature Bites Back
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Marty
- 11 days ago - thenational.ae
From the desertification of north Africa by Roman wheat farmers to the collapse of fish stocks off Newfoundland in the 1990s, there is a rich seam of such stories to mine. Now there is a new one from Peru, which centres on the fate of the Nazca people
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Island Thieves Bag Viking Treasure
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Marty
- 15 days ago - thelocal.se
Five hundred Viking era silver artifacts have been plundered from a site of archaeological interest on the Baltic island of Gotland.
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Metal Detector Finds £1m Treasure
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Marty
- 15 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
An amateur treasure hunter has unearthed ancient gold jewellery from a field near Stirling using a metal detector
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Chinese Challenge to 'Out of Africa' Theory
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Marty
- 16 days ago - newscientist.com
The discovery of an early human fossil in southern China may challenge the commonly held idea that modern humans originated out of Africa.
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Bulgarian Archaeologists Find Silver Treasure in Thracian Tomb
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Marty
- 17 days ago - novinite.com
The burial site of the Thracian aristocrat contains a number of interesting items including a silver treasure of vessels and artifacts that were place there to be used by the aristocrat in his afterlife.
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Hiking Into History: England's Ancient Ridgeway Trail
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Marty
- 19 days ago - travel.nytimes.com
THE Ridgeway is the oldest continuously used road in Europe, dating back to the Stone Age. Situated in southern England, built by our Neolithic ancestors, it's at least 5,000 years old
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Divers Probe Mayan Ruins Submerged in Guatemala Lake
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Marty
- 19 days ago - abcnews.go.com
Scuba divers are exploring the depths of a volcanic lake in Guatemala to find clues about an ancient sacred island where Mayan pilgrims flocked to worship before it was submerged by rising waters.
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Unique Stone Age Burial Items Unearthed in Central Sweden
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Marty
- 22 days ago - thelocal.se
Swedish archaeologists are marveling over a collection of 9,000 year old artifacts recently uncovered at an excavation site central Sweden.
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Thatcham - the Oldest in Britain?
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Marty
- 23 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
It has been claimed on numerous occasions that Thatcham in Berkshire is the oldest 'continuously inhabited' place in Britain.
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