ancient archeology

East Asians may have been reshaping their skulls 12,000 years ago 0
- Ancient Archeology, From Around the Web
- July 10, 2019
Fossils expand the known distribution of the ancient practice beyond Europe and Central Asia

By David Aragorn
Ancient Myths or Aliens? UFO Hunter Spies ‘Asian Atlantis’ on the Seabed Near Japan 0
- Ancient Archeology, Earth Mysteries, From Around the Web
- July 9, 2019
Having examined his discovery, the conspiracy theorist suggested that the symbol he found might point at the location of a city built there by aliens in times immemorial.

By David Aragorn
Viking men were buried with cooking gear 0
- Ancient Archeology, From Around the Web
- July 6, 2019
What were gender roles like during Viking times? A Norwegian archaeologist thinks we often misinterpret the past based on our current cultural assumptions.

By David Aragorn
Drought reveals 3,400-year-old palace of mysterious empire in Iraq 0
- Ancient Archeology, From Around the Web
- July 3, 2019
A 3,400-year-old palace has been uncovered in the Kurdistan region of Iraq after a severe drought caused the water levels to dramatically decline.

By David Aragorn
A Mystery of Peru’s Nazca Lines Has Been Unraveled by Ornithology 0
- Ancient Archeology, Earth Mysteries, From Around the Web
- June 21, 2019
“This could be a clue as to why they drew them in the first place.”

By David Aragorn
Dark centers of chromosomes reveal ancient DNA 0
- Ancient Archeology, From Around the Web
- June 21, 2019
Geneticists exploring the dark heart of the human genome have discovered big chunks of Neanderthal and other ancient DNA. The results open new ways to study both how chromosomes behave during cell division and how they have changed during human evolution.

By David Aragorn
Ancient asteroid crater located off coast of Scotland 0
- Ancient Archeology, From Around the Web, Space
- June 13, 2019
Space object about a mile wide believed to have crashed into Earth around 1.2bn years ago

By David Aragorn
15-ton ‘sea monster’ found in Antarctica 0
- Ancient Archeology, From Around the Web
- June 11, 2019
Scientists have unearthed the fossil remains of a gargantuan marine reptile from the time of the dinosaurs.

By David Aragorn
Site of biggest ever meteorite collision in the UK discovered 0
- Ancient Archeology, From Around the Web, Space
- June 10, 2019
Scientists believe they have discovered the site of the biggest meteorite impact ever to hit the British Isles.

By David Aragorn
Paleontologists Find One-Billion-Year-Old Fossil Fungi in Canada 0
- Ancient Archeology, From Around the Web
- May 24, 2019
An international team of paleontologists has discovered 1,000- to 900-million-year-old microfossils of a fungus in estuarine shale of the Grassy Bay Formation in Arctic Canada. These multicellular organic-walled microfossils are more than half a billion years older than previously reported occurrences of fungi.

By David Aragorn