Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Oetzi the Iceman's nuclear genome gives new insights

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  "The Iceman" has been the subject of constant study for more than 20 years New clues have emerged in what could be d...
Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Scientists find clue to Neanderthal extinction

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Washington: An international team of researchers, studying ancient DNA, have suggested that most Neanderthals in Europe already were larg...

DNA reveals Neanderthal extinction clues

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Neanderthals were already on the verge of extinction in Europe by the time modern humans arrived on the scene, a study suggests. DNA a...

Theory and method in the prehistoric archaeology of Central Europe

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International Conference „Theory and method in the prehistoric archaeology of Central Europe“ 24th-26th October 2012 Mikulov – Czech R...
Monday, February 27, 2012

European Neandertals were on the verge of extinction even before the arrival of modern humans

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New findings from an international team of researchers show that most neandertals in Europe died off around 50,000 years ago. The previou...

Western Neanderthals already a fading light before arrival of modern humans

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Newly published results from an international team of researchers show that most of an earlier population of Neanderthals in Europe had ...

Bronze Age hoard declared treasure

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A "significant discovery" of a Bronze Age artefacts in Carmarthenshire have been recorded as treasure.   The museum says the...
Friday, February 24, 2012

Scientists revive sacred sounds

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Ancient peoples around the world seem to have designed their sacred spaces not only for ceremonial sights, but for ceremonial sounds as well...
Saturday, February 18, 2012

Neolithic settlers colonized Spain from N. Africa

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The Neolithic period, around 10,000 BC in the Middle East, a time when the nomadic economy became permanent, founded on farming and breeding...
Thursday, February 16, 2012

Solent's Stone Age village 'had modern high street links'

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Work on an 8,000-year-old Stone Age settlement under the surface of the Solent in Hampshire is throwing up evidence of clear parallels ...

‘Welsh Stonehenge’ Halts Work on Windfarm

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A multimillion pound windfarm could be scrapped after a Stone Age monument was spotted on the site using Google Earth. Work to in...

'Digger nearly destroyed Betws Mountain's Neolithic stone row'

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THE man who discovered the Neolithic stone row on Betws Mountain has told how the historic find came within 20 minutes of being destro...
Monday, February 13, 2012

Neanderthals Used Red Ochre Pigment 250,000 Years Ago

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W e have seen cave paintings where the splashy red pigment was used to create images by ancient humans in present-day Europe tens of thou...
Friday, February 10, 2012

Time Team: Mary-Ann Ochota quits Channel 4 archaeological show

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Time Team has been thrown into disarray after Mary-Ann Ochota became the second presenter to leave the Channel 4 archaeological progra...
Thursday, February 9, 2012

Reply to my complaint to Channel 4 concerning Time Team Changes

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As expected, a wishy-washy response - but the more people who write in, the better! "Dear Mr Beard, Thank you for contacting Chann...
Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Research: Neanderthal demise due to many influences, including cultural changes

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Computer modeling shows interactions between Neanderthals and modern human ancestors  As an ice age crept upon them thousands of years ...

Mick Aston quits Time Team after producers hire former model co-presenter

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Mick Aston, the archeologist, has quit Time Team after producers hired a former model as the programme’s co-presenter.  The 65-year...
Monday, February 6, 2012

Stonehenge as you've never seen it

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Archaeologists reveal a new way of viewing Stonehenge using Google Earth software Millions of people have used Google Earth's geo-...

Ancient Greek Pills Found in Greek Shipwreck

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In 130 BC, a ship fashioned from the wood of walnut trees, bulging with medicines and Syrian glassware, sank off the coast of Tuscany, It...
Sunday, February 5, 2012

Did Early Humans Ride the Waves to Australia?

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Everybody is African in origin. Barring a smattering of genes from Neanderthals and other archaic Asian forms, all our ancestors lived in...