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Research answers question on how some magmatic rocks contain random proportions of minerals than what is expected for rocks of their type.Credit: Wits University Researchers at Wits University in Johannesburg, South Africa,…

New research adds to growing evidence that our ancestors interbred with Neanderthals at multiple times in history BUFFALO, N.Y. -- In recent years, scientists have uncovered evidence that modern humans and Neanderthals share a tangled…

Spanish conquerors depended on indigenous expertise to keep up their munitions supplies, archaeologists have found. When Spanish invaders arrived in the Americas, they were generally able to subjugate the local peoples thanks, in part, to…

A new study led by the University of Kent has found evidence that human ancestors as recent as two million years ago may have regularly climbed trees. Walking on two legs has long been a defining feature to differentiate modern humans,…

A palette of colours on a silver plate: that is what the world's first colour photograph looks like. It was taken by French physicist Edmond Becquerel in 1848. His process was empirical, never explained, and quickly abandoned. A team at…

Credit: Hiromichi Nakagawa Nearly a millennium and a half ago, red light streaked the night sky over Japan. Witnesses compared it to the tail of a pheasant -- it appeared as a fan of beautiful red feathers stretched across the sky.…

MAYWOOD, IL--Large events are cancelled, restaurants and non-essential businesses are closed, and in many states, residents have been asked to shelter in place, all to limit the spread and impact of the COVID-19 virus. But are strict and…

The four-volume collection is the first of its kind to provide a comprehensive examination of violence from prehistory to the presentCredit: Cambridge University Press The Cambridge World History of Violence will be published by Cambridge…

The physics behind saving, investment and the time-dependent movement of spreading over an area reveals why all good things must come to an endCredit: Adrian Bejan, Duke University DURHAM, N.C. -- A professor at Duke University says that…

Who in the Middle Ages cooked their dinner in copper pots? And where did they do it? Such information can be revealed by chemical analyzes of human bones. Clay pots? Wooden spoons? Copper pots? Silver forks? What materials has man used for…

Legacy of Australian colonial Native Mounted Police forceCredit: Flinders University Hundreds of Aboriginal men who became native mounted police in colonial Australia carried a significant burden of responsibility for law and order for…

Credit: Nordin Catic Scientists have proved one of Charles Darwin's theories of evolution for the first time - nearly 140 years after his death. Laura van Holstein, a PhD student in Biological Anthropology at St John's College,…

Bob Pepperman Taylor new book published by Notre Dame PressCredit: UVM Photo BURLINGTON - Bob Pepperman Taylor, the Elliott A. Brown Green and Gold Professor of Law, Politics and Political Behavior at the University of Vermont, says he…

Credit: Chart created by Erin E. Butler and Nathaniel J. Dominy. Fifty years ago, Monty Python's famous sketch, "The Ministry of Silly Walks," first aired on BBC One. The sketch pokes fun at the inefficiency of government bureaucracy. It…

Credit: RIKEN Researchers at the RIKEN Nishina Center for Accelerator-Based Science in Japan have demonstrated that combining a highly sensitive sulfur analysis technique with simple sulfur-free tape is an effective and harmless way to…

Nathan Sleeter, Research Assistant Professor, Center for History and New Media, received funding for a project in which researchers with Mason's Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media (RRCHNM) will create teaching modules for…

A new book illustrates the environmental history of Antarctica through stories of 19th-century expeditions.Credit: Courtesy Gillen D'Arcy Wood CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Antarctica is a cold, desolate place, inhospitable for human habitation. Yet…

Study finds untrustworthy websites only account for a small portion of news diets Since the 2016 U.S. presidential election, debates have raged about the reach of so-called "fake news" websites and the role they played during the campaign.…

Recent findings push back estimates of dairying in the eastern Steppe by more than 1,700 years, pointing to migration as a potential means of introductionCredit: Björn Reichhardt Today dairy foods sustain and support millions around the…

Researchers reconstruct migration movements through ancient DNACredit: © David Caramelli The Mediterranean Sea has been a major route for maritime migrations as well as frequent trade and invasions during prehistory, yet the genetic…