A new study led by Stanford has provided the strongest evidence yet for why some marine animals survived Earth’s largest mass extinction while many others disappeared forever. The findings not only explain how modern marine ecosystems formed, but also how today’s warming oceans may affect marine life. About 252 million years ago, the Permian–Triassic extinction …
Archaeologists have discovered 18 ancient tombs in an Egyptian city along the Mediterranean Sea. Egypt’s Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities said in a translation that the tombs – discovered at Marina el-Alamein (also known as Alamein), about 60 miles (100 kilometers) west of Alexandria – date back to the Ptolemaic (322 to 30 BC) or …
On a Sunday afternoon in April, the main minibus terminal in Sukabumi, Indonesia, looked sleepy from the outside. But in an open space round the back, hundreds of men were gathered. Amid chatter and cigarette smoke, the air buzzed with excitement, for one of the region’s biggest bird-singing competitions was set to begin, and a …
Most archaeologists spend time digging in the dirt or piecing together broken artifacts or bones in a laboratory, attempting to understand the past in a painstakingly slow process. But others use that information — and a little ingenuity — to recreate the sights, sounds, smells and tastes of ancient societies through an exercise called experimental …
In most areas of archaeology, excavators painstakingly dig layer after layer to uncover not only buried artifacts but also burnt seeds, broken bones, and microscopic particles of ancient pollen. This delicate process is followed by months of intensive laboratory work to study the newly discovered remains. But there is a type of archaeologist who takes …
A rare fossil swan discovered in the remains of an ancient lake in Central Otago has changed scientists’ understanding of the evolution of New Zealand’s unique bird life. The discovery adds to growing evidence that the origins of Aotearoa’s birds were far more dynamic than previously thought, according to researchers at the University of Otago …
This week’s science news was full of big discoveries from a small world led by a physicist The creation of a mini-universe, designed so that we could watch time unfold from within an isolated quantum system. The experiment was conducted using a Bose–Einstein condensate – a strange state of matter in which thousands of atoms …
Archaeologists excavate Türkiye’s Üçağizlı II cave Kyoto, Japan—Modern humans and Neanderthals may have shared a common culture over a period of about 20,000 years, biology Report. An international team of researchers excavated the Üçağizlı II Cave in southern Turkey and uncovered evidence that both species used the same locations, had similar hunting and gathering strategies, …
Lima, Peru-Andina News Agency Excavations conducted by a team led by archaeologist Ruth Sheedy Solís of the National University of San Marcos at the main public structure in Penico, located on Peru’s Pacific coast within the Ministry of Culture’s Caral Archaeological Zone, have revealed a ritual offering associated with the consecration of a platform about …
Colchester, England-Phys.org Report that a 100 million year old marine reptile fossil was found in a pit, along with the possible remains of a cat; a horse’s tooth; Clay utensils; and a petalA Roman spoon that was used to dispense perfumes or medicines from long-necked bottles. Roman artefacts dated to the 2nd century Advertisement Patrick …