Monday, November 19, 2012

Were Prehistoric Statues Pornographic?

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The Venus of Hohle Fels Photograph by Gerbil/Wikimedia Commons. Our interpretations say more about modern sexism than lif...

Eastern valley shows off traces of Neolithic Age

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The Levent Valley is home to thousands of large and small caves carved by the human hand, according to officials. There are still 20 vil...

Stone age nomads settled down in Merseyside, flints and timber suggest

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Lunt Meadow is close to Formby beach, where scores of trails of ancient human and animal footprints have been discovered preserved in th...

Mesolithic man find could rewrite Stone Age history

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An archaeological find at Lunt Meadows in Sefton, Merseyside has unearthed evidence that Mesolithic man may have built settlements. ...

Der Neandertaler in uns

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Der Neandertaler in uns   (Deutschland, 2010, 52mn) ZDF Regie: Tamara Spitzing A video over recent research ...

Scottish dig unearths '10,000-year-old home'

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The remains of what is believed to be one of Scotland's earliest homes have been uncovered during construction works for the new Fo...
Sunday, November 18, 2012

Summer Courses in Archaeology

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Oxford Experience Archaeology Courses The Oxford Experience Summer School offers weekly introductory courses in the Sciences and Humani...

Archaeologists unearth rare finds

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Construction work on a new dual carriageway section of the A11 near Thetford has uncovered primitive flint tools dating back over 6,000 ...

Scythian warriors show genetic blending between Europeans and Asians

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E vidence of the potential genetic blending between Europeans and Asians has been discovered by a team of researchers led by the Unive...

Scottish dig unearths '10,000-year-old home' at Echline

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The remains of what is believed to be one of Scotland's earliest homes have been uncovered during construction works for the new F...
Friday, November 16, 2012

Russia: Gone Fishing

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The discovery of 7,500-year-old fish traps in a Russian river valley has given new insight into prehistoric European settlement patterns...

Unknown ancient city comes to light in Crete

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An important archaeological excavation has just started at the “Koupos” site, by Krousona, not far from Herakleion (Crete). The site ha...

Mysterious Elk-Shaped Structure Discovered in Russia

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A huge geoglyph in the shape of an elk or deer discovered in Russia may predate Peru's famous Nazca Lines by thousands of years....

Clubs Med: Neanderthals may have sailed to Mediterranean

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Neanderthals or other extinct human lineages may have sailed to the Mediterranean Islands long before previously thought. Here, an exc...

Stone me! Spears show early human species was sharper than we thought

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Cutting edge technology: early humans were lashing stone tips to wooden handles to make spears about 200,000 years earlier than we thou...
Thursday, November 15, 2012

Airport x-ray scans reveal haul of new Bronze Age axeheads in pot found in Jersey field

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An x-ray of the Bronze Age pot found in a Jersey field last month , carried out at the island’s airport, has found a further 21 axeheads...

Archaeologists say Celtic relic found in Alps is a war horn

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Trento, November 14 – Archaeologists in Trento announced Wednesday that an ancient Celtic artifact found some 60 years ago in this alpine...
Wednesday, November 14, 2012

Mongolia and the Altai Mountains: Origins of genetic blending between Europeans and Asians

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A group of researchers led by the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) has discovered the first scientific evidence of genetic blendi...
Tuesday, November 13, 2012

Civilisation is making humanity less intelligent, study claims

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In a more civilised time the selection process which favoured the smartest of our ancestors and weeded o...

What is Google Earth Anomalies?

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Discover the hidden archaeologist in you, on the Google Earth Anomalies website. As the name suggests, it is a website that is dedicated t...