Latest science news in Paleontology & Archaeology
Bizarre frogs rafted atop ancient continents
Between 15 million and 55 million years ago, India and Asia collided, starting a series of geological events that raised the Himalayas and the Tibetan plateau. Now, a group of...
Reading zip codes of 3,500-year-old letters: Non-destructive X-ray scanning of archaeological finds
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...
New findings from ancient tomb in Italy
ROME, Aug. 5 (UPI) -- A royal tomb in an Etruscan necropolis in central Italy has yielded fresh archaeological finds during a summer dig, researchers say. ...
Italy offers rare chance to study statues
ROME, Aug. 5 (UPI) -- Scientists are being given a rare opportunity to study two of Italy's most iconic bronzes, a privilege seldom granted, researchers say. ...
Early crocodile chewed more like mammals
ATHENS, Ohio, Aug. 5 (UPI) -- A fossil found in sub-Saharan Africa is that of an ancient crocodile, but with some surprisingly mammal-like features, especially its teeth, researchers say. ...
Google Books may advance humanities research, scholars say
When scholars seek to understand long-ago cultures, they tend to draw conclusions from the handful of famous writers and thinkers whose works endure today. John Stuart Mill and Thomas Carlyle...
Fisher-Price recalls Sonya Lee camp figure
A Fisher-Price figure in a camping playset is being voluntarily recalled by its manufacturer.
Secularization of suicide meant callous mockery of writers’ deaths
Poet Virginia Woolf dressed in overcoat, pockets filled with stones, walked into a river in 1941 and drowned. Two decades later, novelist Ernest Hemingway put his shotgun to his head...
Mysterious tunnel found under Mexican ruins
A long-sealed tunnel has been found under the ruins of Teotihuacan and chambers that seem to branch off it may hold the tombs of some of the ancient city's early...
Scientists decode Iceman’s 5,200-year-old genes
Iceman, the Neolithic mummy found accidentally in the Eastern Alps by German hikers in 1991, has offered researchers all sorts of clues to life 5,200 years ago, from his goat-hide...
Reading the zip codes of 3,500-year-old letters
Unfortunately, when ancient kings sent letters to each other, their post offices didn't record the sender's return address. It takes quite a bit of super-sleuthing by today's archaeologists to...
Greens Debating Tactics Instead of Ideas
Can climate campaigns move beyond mulling tactics?
NSF Fellowship Awarded to NDSU Graduate Researcher
Anoklase Ayitou, a graduate student in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at North Dakota State University, Fargo, has been awarded a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship.
Mummy madness: Museum exhibits lure fans
Zombies may be trendy right now, but the madness for mummies is eternal. Mummy - Museum - Ancient Egypt - Archaeology - Mummies
Core genes were built early
The first animals were not that different to us, according to a study on sea sponge DNA – most genetic innovations developed very early.
Fossils reveal extinct land croc
Researchers have found fossils of a a miniature, lightly armoured crocodile in Africa – a species that probably spent a lot of time on land.
Paleoanthropologist writes 'untold story of our salvation'
Inside caves near Mossel Bay, South Africa, a team of explorers have been piecing together an account of survival, ingenuity and endurance -- of the species known as Homo sapiens....
U of M research finds ovulating women unconsciously buy sexier clothing to outdo attractive women
Ovulating women unconsciously buy sexier clothes, says new research from the University of Minnesota's Carlson School of Management. The study finds that ovulating women unconsciously dress to impress - doing...
Ancient blob-like creature of the deep revealed by scientists
A unique blob-like creature that lived in the ocean approximately 425 million years ago is revealed in a 3D computer model in research published today in the journal Biology Letters....
Sponge shines light on life's origin
The simple sponge can reveal much about life on Earth. Researchers who have sequenced the genome of one Down Under inhabitant are learning just how common those roots are.
Books of The Times: Sam Kean’s ‘Disappearing Spoon’ Explores Elements
A big supply of odd facts and anecdotes animate this parade of lively science stories related to the periodic table.
Tooth to tail oddities in ancient croc
A fossil crocodile reveals that this conservative group of reptiles was once much more adventurous.
Neuroscientist Honored by White House
University of Southern California (USC) neuroscientist Roberta Diaz Brinton is among 13 winners of...
Mali to rear malaria-resistant GM mosquitoes
A laboratory that has opened in Bamako, Mali, is set to rear GM mosquitoes that could help wipe out malaria
Early Influences Draw NSF Grad Fellow to Science Career
As a child, Nora Tramm, a graduate student in physics, imagined herself becoming a paleontologist and digging up dinosaurs. She is instead conducting neurological research on the nematode C. elegans,...
How Did Dogs Get to Be Dogs?
The origin of man's best friend has been a source of wonder and heated debate for centuries.
Al-Qaida group claims link to tanker plot
CAIRO, Aug. 4 (UPI) -- An Egyptian militant group with links to al-Qaida said it was responsible for last week's attack on a Japanese oil tanker in the Strait...
Climate changed kangaroos
The first anatomical study of the entire skeletons of modern and fossil kangaroo species has shown how climate shaped their evolution.