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The under-sea volcano that has erupted deep on the sea-bed off the Canary island of El Hierro is now just 60m below the surface -

At http://archaeology.about.com/od/huntergatherers/ss/Gobekli-Tepe.htm there is a discussion of an article by EB Banning in Current Anthropology (2011) that suggests the T shaped pillars were used to

In the latest issue of Current Archaeology 262 Dec/Jan 2011/12 there are a couple of gems. The first of them concerns Kents cavern in the

At www.guardian.co.uk/science/2011/dec/04/bronze-age-archaeology-fenland/ ... the Cambridgeshire fens have preserved some archaeology intact for 3000 years. Some six hollowed out oak trunks (boats), textile fragments, wicker baskets,

At www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2011/12/02/3381368.htm ... the Lapita culture has been found around the coastline of southern Papua New Guinea and it is thought Torres Strait Islanders may

At www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=japan-earthquake-moves-seafloor we learn that the Fukushima earthquake moved the sea floor as much as 50m laterally and 16m vertically. In addition, the crust as

At http://judithcurry.com/2011/12/01/the-long-slow-thaw/ is a guest post by Tony Brown which compares Mann's version of the Little Ice Age with that of Hubert Lamb, and makes

The Out of Africa theory dominates anthropology and archaeologists and others are forever looking for evidence in support. At www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-11/plos-o112811.php we learn that evidence of

At www.physorg.com/print241937908.html ... we might ask, is the black hole at the centre of the Milky Way quietly dozing away or is it secretly gobbling

At www.physorg.com/print241950691.html ... rather, a fish using a tool to smash open a shell - various species of wrasse do this and there is photographic

This piece, at www.physorg.com/print241773967.html begins by telling us that at any given moment two thousand thunderstorms roll over Earth producing 50 flashes of lightning every

The Quantavolution Conference in 2011 took place in October, in Athens (see www.qconference-athens-2011.grazian-archive.com ). Speakers included our very own Trevor Palmer, one of our favourite

At www.physorg.com/print241878655.html we learn that botanical researchers from Europe and China are looking at remote regions of China to try and discover plants, shrubs and

At www.theregister.co.uk/2011/11/30/climate_tipping_points/ we learn that climate catastrophe is changing gear and slowing down - and this piece looks at the influence of Han Joachim Schellnhuber,

According to a paper in Astrophysics and Space Science by Dragan Hajdukovik contemporary physics has two cornerstones, namely General Relativity and the Standard Model of

One of the most controversial archaeological sites in North America is in the Mojave desert of California, in the low hills of the Calico Mountains.

An interesting story concerning Stonehenge and its environs has emerged - see for example www.artdaily.org/index.asp?int_sec=2&int_new=52033 ... where it is said archaeologists from the University of

George Howard at http://cosmictusk.com/climategate-2-0-540-ad-dust-veil-and-the-mike-bail... discusses an email in the cache from Mike Baillie, a reviewer of an article that was denying a cosmic connection in

At www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2066156/Humans-mastered-deep-sea... is a case of jumping to conclusions. Whilst I have no problem with humans in boats 42,000 years ago actually catching big fish

Another batch of emails has been released that add to and provide clarity to those emails released in 2009 shortly before the Copenhagen 'climate' feasting