ancient archeology

How fossilization preserved a 310-million-year-old horseshoe crab’s brain 0
- Ancient Archeology, From Around the Web
- August 21, 2021
A newly analyzed specimen is a ‘one-in-a-million’ find, researchers say

By David Aragorn
Tusk reveals woolly mammoth’s massive lifetime mileage 0
- Ancient Archeology, From Around the Web
- August 17, 2021
Scientists have analysed the chemistry locked inside the tusk of a woolly mammoth to work out how far it travelled in a lifetime.

By David Aragorn
Origin of dinosaur-ending asteroid possibly found. And it’s dark.0
- Ancient Archeology, From Around the Web, Space
- August 10, 2021
About 66 million years ago, an estimated 6-mile-wide (9.6 kilometers) object slammed into Earth, triggering a cataclysmic series of events that resulted in the demise of non-avian dinosaurs.

By David Aragorn
This terrifying ‘dragon’ was Australia’s largest flying reptile 0
- Ancient Archeology, From Around the Web
- August 10, 2021
There was once a species of terrifying “dragon” flying over Australia 105 million years ago, according to new research. The fossil of a pterosaur with a nearly 30-foot (7-meter) wingspan once belonged to Australia’s largest flying reptile.

By David Aragorn
Australian mathematician discovers applied geometry engraved on 3,700-year-old tablet 0
- Ancient Archeology, From Around the Web
- August 6, 2021
Old Babylonian tablet likely used for surveying uses Pythagorean triples at least 1,000 years before Pythagoras

By David Aragorn
German researchers uncover Neanderthal hunting tool in rare find 0
- Ancient Archeology, From Around the Web
- August 4, 2021
This is the first time a leaf point has been found in a modern excavation, as the last was uncovered in 1936.

By David Aragorn
‘Wiggly’ fossils found in Canada may be oldest known sign of animal life 0
- Ancient Archeology, Earth Mysteries, From Around the Web
- July 29, 2021
Scientists believe the unusual tubular structures may be the remnants of prehistoric sponges

By David Aragorn
Stone Age tools, cave paintings discovered in Haryana could be clues to ‘prehistoric factory’0
- Ancient Archeology, From Around the Web
- July 28, 2021
Haryana archaeology dept are yet to carry out a full survey, but believe they’ve discovered possibly the largest Paleolithic site in the Indian subcontinent.

By David Aragorn
When an ancient volcanic ‘supereruption’ caused sudden cooling, early humans got lucky 0
- Ancient Archeology, Earth Mysteries, From Around the Web
- July 23, 2021
Around 74,000 years ago, a “supereruption” on the island of Sumatra, Indonesia, blasted out an estimated 5,000 cubic kilometres of magma. This was the Toba eruption, the largest volcanic eruption of the past 2 million years. To put 5,000 cubic kilometres of magma in perspective, this is more than a hundred times as large as the 1883 eruption of Krakatoa, and included enough ash to blanket the entire United Kingdom about 1 millimetre deep.

By David Aragorn
Scientists Find Evidence Dinosaur-Killing Asteroid Caused Mile-High Tsunami 0
- Ancient Archeology, From Around the Web, Space
- July 22, 2021
The hidden fragment, dating as old as 1.3 billion years, is helping scientists trace the history of the mysterious “lost continent” of Zealandia.

By David Aragorn