Archaeology
Origins of Indonesian hobbits finally revealed
Credit: Katrina Kenny, SA Museum The most comprehensive study on the bones of Homo floresiensis, a species of tiny human...
Ancient skeleton discovered on Antikythera Shipwreck
Archaeologists Brendan Foley, Theotokis Theodoulou and Alex Tourtas excavate the Antikythera Shipwreck skeletal remains, assisted by Nikolas Giannoulakis and Gemma...
Exceptionally well-preserved fossil of complete mammoth skull raises questions
Rare mammoth fossil excavated at Channel Islands National Park.Credit: NPS This week a team of scientists unearthed an exceptionally well...
6,200 Year Old Textile Dyed Indigo Found
A George Washington University researcher has identified a 6,200-year-old indigo-blue fabric from Huaca, Peru, making it one of the oldest-known...
University of Washington paleontologists discover major T. rex fossil
Credit: Dave DeMar/Burke Museum/University of Washington Paleontologists with the Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture and the University of...
UNH researchers uncover new insights on Great Lakes monuments
DURHAM, N.H. - Merging an innovative modeling technique with old-fashioned sleuthing, researchers from the University of New Hampshire have shed...
U of T Mississauga professor discovers new origins for farmed rice
Chew on this: rice farming is a far older practice than we knew. In fact, the oldest evidence of domesticated...
The call of the sea: Mammalian evolutionary transitions back to the sea
Though mammals adapted on land, a new study by Maria Chikina and Nathan Clark has shown that during three major...