Ancient Archeology

How Scientists Discovered the Staggering Complexity of Human Evolution 0
- Ancient Archeology, From Around the Web
- September 11, 2020
Darwin would be delighted by the story his successors have revealed

By David Aragorn
New fossil ape is discovered in India 0
- Ancient Archeology, From Around the Web
- September 11, 2020
A 13-million-year-old fossil unearthed in northern India comes from a newly discovered ape, the earliest known ancestor of the modern-day gibbon. The discovery by Christopher C. Gilbert, Hunter College, fills a major void in the ape fossil record and provides important new evidence about when the ancestors of today’s gibbon migrated to Asia from Africa.

By David Aragorn
Mexican airport site emerges as major graveyard of Ice Age mammoths 0
- Ancient Archeology, From Around the Web
- September 10, 2020
Amid busy construction crews racing to build an airport in Mexico, scientists are unearthing more and more mammoth skeletons in what has quickly become one of the world’s biggest concentrations of the now-extinct relative of modern elephants.

By David Aragorn
Uncovering the acoustical properties of Stonehenge 0
- Ancient Archeology, From Around the Web
- September 9, 2020
A trio of researchers, two with the University of Salford, the third with English Heritage, has built a small-scale model of Stonehenge to test the acoustical properties of the ancient monument. In their paper published in the Journal of Archaeological Science, Trevor Cox, Bruno Fazenda and Susan Greaney describe their efforts to recreate the acoustic properties of Stonehenge back when it was new, and what they learned.

By David Aragorn
Warrior skeletons reveal Bronze Age Europeans couldn’t drink milk 0
- Ancient Archeology, From Around the Web
- September 9, 2020
About 3000 years ago, thousands of warriors fought on the banks of the Tollense river in northern Germany. They wielded weapons of wood, stone, and bronze to deadly effect: Over the past decade, archaeologists have unearthed the skeletal remains of hundreds of people buried in marshy soil. It’s one of the largest prehistoric conflicts ever discovered.

By David Aragorn
True size of prehistoric mega-shark finally revealed 0
- Ancient Archeology, From Around the Web
- September 5, 2020
A new study has revealed the size of the legendary giant shark Megalodon, including fins that are as large as an adult human.

By David Aragorn
The world’s deepest freshwater cave just got a whole lot deeper 0
- Ancient Archeology, Earth Mysteries, From Around the Web
- September 5, 2020
For decades, spelunkers have flocked to the flooded caverns of the Czech Republic’s Hranice Abyss, which stretches farther below ground than any other freshwater cave system.

By David Aragorn
Meteorite crater discovered while drilling for gold in outback WA estimated to be 100 million years old 0
- Ancient Archeology, From Around the Web
- September 3, 2020
A team of geologists led by geological consultant Dr Jayson Meyers is behind the discovery in WA’s Goldfields

By David Aragorn
Meteorite strikes may create unexpected form of silica 0
- Ancient Archeology, From Around the Web, Space
- September 2, 2020
When a meteorite hurtles through the atmosphere and crashes to Earth, how does its violent impact alter the minerals found at the landing site? What can the short-lived chemical phases created by these extreme impacts teach scientists about the minerals existing at the high-temperature and pressure conditions found deep inside the planet?

By David Aragorn
Stonehenge enhanced sounds like voices or music for people inside the monument 0
- Ancient Archeology, Earth Mysteries, From Around the Web
- September 1, 2020
Scientists created a scale model one-twelfth the size of the ancient site to study its acoustics

By David Aragorn