Ancient Archeology

Cryptic remains of tiny animals have turned up in an Antarctic lake 0
- Ancient Archeology, From Around the Web
- January 19, 2019
Mud from Lake Mercer revealed crushed critters that resembled spiders and worms

By David Aragorn
Artificial intelligence applied to the genome identifies an unknown human ancestor 0
- Ancient Archeology, From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- January 18, 2019
By combining deep learning algorithms and statistical methods, investigators from the Institute of Evolutionary Biology (IBE), the Centro Nacional de Análisis Genómico (CNAG-CRG) of the Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG) and the Institute of Genomics at the University of Tartu have identified, in the genome of Asian individuals, the footprint of a new hominid who cross bred with its ancestors tens of thousands of years ago.

By David Aragorn
A four-legged robot hints at how ancient tetrapods walked 0
- Ancient Archeology, From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- January 18, 2019
Orobates pabsti may have had a more developed gait that previously thought

By David Aragorn
B.C. fossils help solve evolutionary riddle 0
- Ancient Archeology, From Around the Web
- January 17, 2019
The tiny remains of an extinct bug-like creature discovered at British Columbia’s 500-million-year-old Burgess Shale fossil deposit add a new branch to the evolutionary tree of life, says a PhD student who tracked down the organism’s development.

By David Aragorn
Ancient Egypt EXPOSED: Classified KGB files reveal SHOCK ‘unexplainable’ pyramid findings 0
- Ancient Archeology, Earth Mysteries, From Around the Web
- January 10, 2019
CLASSIFIED KGB documents reveal shocking findings inside Egypt’s Great Pyramid.

By David Aragorn
Dinosaur-Killing Asteroid Triggered Mile-High Tsunami That Spread Through Earth’s Oceans 0
- Ancient Archeology, From Around the Web
- January 10, 2019
When the dinosaur-killing asteroid collided with Earth more than 65 million years ago, it did not go gently into that good night. Rather, it blasted a nearly mile-high tsunami through the Gulf of Mexico that caused chaos throughout the world’s oceans, new research finds.

By David Aragorn
A Scientist Claims The World’s Oldest Pyramid Is Hidden in an Indonesian Mountain 0
- Ancient Archeology, From Around the Web
- December 25, 2018
When Dutch colonists became the first Europeans to discover Gunung (Mount) Padang in the early 20th century, they must have been awestruck by the sheer scale of their ancient stone surroundings.

By David Aragorn
‘Messy’ New Species of Dinosaur-Era Bird Discovered 0
- Ancient Archeology, From Around the Web
- December 22, 2018
The odd animal, named Jinguofortis perplexus, displays an unusual mosaic of bird and dinosaur features.

By David Aragorn
Giant flying squirrel fossil from a Barcelona landfill clarifies the squirrel family tree 0
- Ancient Archeology, From Around the Web
- December 21, 2018
In 2002, a team of scientists unearthed mysterious fossil remains in a landfill in Catalonia, Spain. At first, researchers supposed the unidentified fossil could be a form of primate.

By David Aragorn
The ‘Chinese Pyramids’ and the pole star 0
- Ancient Archeology, From Around the Web
- December 21, 2018
The funerary complex of the first Chinese emperor of the Qin dynasty (3 BC) is one of the most famous archaeological sites in the world.

By David Aragorn