In the News

At https://arxiv.org/pdf/physics/0604029v2.pdf ... we have an interesting paper by Woelfli and Baltensperger, 'Ancient East Siberia had a lower latitude in the Pleistocene' ... they begin

At https://phys.org/news/2020-02-dinosaur-blood-vessels-ages.html .. scientists in the US have been analysing via infrared, X-rays, and spectromicroscopy, dinosaur remains in order to dscover how soft tissue managed

At https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2020/02/boom-and-bust-for-an... ... the sea dragons in question are ichthyosaurs - fish like reptiles that filled an evolutionary niche in the oceans equivalent to modern

At https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2020/02/the-necropolis-of-as... ... concerns the acropolis of Asyut - which goes back 4000 years. An ancient city with its temples, palaces, libraries and houses was

Gary sent in this link - temple near Jerusalem challenges the claim there was just one temple in Jerusalem, that of Solomon. This appears to

At https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2020/02/extinct-giant-turtle... ... an extinct giant turtle had a horned shell. The fossil hails from South America and has brothers in arms - such as

At https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2020/02/scientists-show-sola... ... scientists show solar system processes control the carbon cycle - throughout Earth's history (or at least that part of it in which

At https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2020/02/oral-traditions-and-... ... Aborigines and traditions. It seems some of these traditions allude to volcanic eruptions and meteors - and some of them may date

At https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2020/02/ghost-of-mysterious-... ... Another ghost population indicated by genetics. This time it is in Africa - and concerns the ancestors of West African Bantu (or

At https://phys.org/news/2020-02-galactic-cosmic-rays-affect-titan.html ... the Atacama Telescope Array in Chile has been looking at Titan, the largest moon of Saturn. They found a chemical footprint in

At www.miragenews.com/5200-year-old-cereal-grains-from-eastern-altai-mounta... ... cereal grains dating back 5200 years ago (3200BC) have been discovered in the eastern Altai mountains (on the China side). The Altai

Time for a spot of geology. At https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2020/02/twist-in-the-story-o... ... an emerging mainstream consensus view suggests gases, and in particular carbon gases, released by the Siberian

At http://lyme-online.co.uk/news/phoenician-ship-completes-atlantic-voyage/ ... the lyme online refers to Lyme Regis and Uplyme in Dorset (for overseas readers) and is situated on the Jurassic coastline. The

This comes courtesy of Anne Marie de Grazia. I haven't noticed it on mainstream but it was published in the journal Science so it must

Interesting post at Pierre's web site - https://notrickszone.com/2020/02/10/scientists-oxygen-nitrogen-radiative... ... Earth's atmosphere is made up of 78% nitrogen and 21% oxygen = 99%. In other words,

A University of Waikato (New Zealand) researcher, Fiona Petchey, has been helping archaeologists track the movements of Lapita people through the Pacific (the forerunners of

In New Scientist, 23rd November, 2019, we had 'Horses reigned supreme among Stone Age artists' which is something of a conumdrum (but you wouldn't think

Yes, this is really a picture of the Sun, as seen over the ocean near Rio de Janiero - see https://spaceweather.com (February 10th 2020) ....

Ancient skulls in a Mexican cave might reveal surprises about early Americans - go to www.sciencealert.com/ancient-skulls-in-a-mexican-cave-reveal-surprises-a... ....

Hopefully this will be the last word on whether Easter Islanders were responsible for their own demise. At https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2020/02/researchers-revise-t... ... researchers revise the timing of