A dolomite sample from the Cambrian Muav formation as seen through a microscope. Multiple generations of mineral-growth can be seen. Credit: Uri Ryb, Hebrew University…
That explanation might be consistent with one of the most surprising discoveries Curiosity has made while driving up Mount Sharp: Water seems to have come and gone in phases, rather than gradually disappearing as the planet grew…
That explanation might be consistent with one of the most surprising discoveries Curiosity has made while driving up Mount Sharp: Water seems to have come and gone in phases, rather than gradually disappearing as the planet grew drier.…
That explanation would be consistent with one of the most surprising discoveries Curiosity has made while driving up Mount Sharp: Water seems to have come and gone in phases, rather than gradually disappearing as the planet grew drier.…
Petroglyphs in close association with sauropod tracks. The dashed line represents the area where there are pecking marks on the rock surface, indicating the presence…
Dinosaur footprints and rock carvings, both highlighted with dashed lines, at the Serrote do Letreiro site in BrazilLeonardo Troiano/ National Institute of Historic and Artistic Heritage, Brazil
Mysterious rock…
About halfway between the Greek cities of Corinth and Lechaio, the area around Corinth’s ancient port is tectonically active. That makes the area even more…
An archaeological site in the lowlands of Ethiopia where ancient humans lived 74,000 years agoJohn Kappelman
An campsite in what is now Ethiopia may have been used for a few years before, during and after a huge…
An archaeological site in the lowlands of Ethiopia where ancient humans lived 74,000 years agoJohn Kappelman
An campsite in what is now Ethiopia may have been used for a few years before, during and after a huge…
The canoes are up to 10 metres long and made from hollowed out treesGibaja et al., 2024, PLOS ONE, CC-BY 4.0
More than 7000 years ago, skilled craftspeople constructed wooden canoes that probably transported people,…
An intact hafted axe found under one of the structures that burnt down at the Must Farm siteCambridge Archaeological Unit
The remains of a Bronze Age settlement in eastern England have been exquisitely preserved…
An intact hafted axe found under one of the structures that burnt down at the Must Farm siteCambridge Archaeological Unit
The remains of a Bronze Age settlement in eastern England have been exquisitely preserved…
This photo provided by researcher Roman Garba shows a heavily weathered flake artifact at the Korolevo I archaeological site in western Ukraine in August 2023. Stone…
The dog days of summer are upon us. Or so the ancient Romans named the dies caniculares that followed the rise of the “dog star” Sirius which the ancients believed to signal the oncoming sweltering heat and drought of summer.
As…
Ilorin, the capital of Kwara State, is a Nigerian city with a long and rich history. However, much of its distant past is not well known. Archaeology is now uncovering more of this history and the relationships of Ilorin to other…
Unique, prehistoric rock art drawings have been discovered in the Andriamamelo Cave in western Madagascar.
I was part of a team that discovered and described these ancient treasures. They’re the first truly pictorial art,…
Nature-based solutions are now being explored for international water resource management, disaster risk reduction, and climate change adaptation. Efforts to develop more sustainable, regenerative agricultural ecosystems, that maintain…
Philosophies of education serve as frameworks for producing lifelong learners and a knowledgeable and skilled human workforce who develop their societies. Ghana’s education system currently favours a western educational philosophy,…
A drawing of the aurora observed from Nagoya, Japan, on September 17, 1770. The written description also notes its intensity: “as bright as a night with a full…
Ancient Egyptian papyrus scrolls can be damaged by fungiPaul Williams / Alamy
Wasabi vapours are potent enough to kill fungi growing on painted papyrus fragments – all without damaging the fragile artefacts or…
Scientists analyzed mercury levels from core samples from the Mochras Farm (Llanbedr) borehole in Wales to estimate how much and how rapidly carbon was released during…
An archaeologist takes samples of pollen found in soil to understand the changing vegetation of a site: a companion technique to the authors' analysis of hazelnut…
An ancient bronze hand found at Irulegi in northern SpainJuantxo Egana
Inscriptions found on a 2000-year-old metal hand may be written in a language related to modern-day Basque. If this interpretation is correct, it…
In the model test process of scenario 1, several phenomena were observed. Initially, settlement deformation was predominantly exhibited during the onset of rainfall. After approximately 178 min of continuous rainfall, a shallow surface…
These gravel-capped fluvial ridges in northeastern Colorado were among the "fossil river" remnants studied by Nebraska geologists Jesse Korus and Matt Joeckel. The…
The new study helps illuminate how changes in forest composition followed European settlement and natural changes in climate.
Reno, Nev. (February 8, 2024) – The Greenland ice sheet lies thousands of miles…
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You might think age-related dementia has been with us all along, stretching back to the ancient world.
But a new analysis of classical Greek and Roman…
Block model of a subduction zone with a section of the forearc removed, exposing the top of the downgoing plate. Dashed red lines are isotherms. Pink patches represent…
Caves and rock shelters dot the mountains in the northwestern highlands of Thailand. Over 40 in Mae Hong Son province contain wooden coffins on stilts, dating back…
The team wondered how much of that diversity was unique to Rome, the capital of the empire, and how diverse more remote areas might have been. In the study, they focused on a narrower window of time — from the conclusion of the Iron…
Three fossils of Pachycormus fish from the dinosaur era feature smaller members of the same species in their guts - perhaps showing how the animals got by when food was scarce
Some 1.8 million people have been impacted by torrential downpours that have dumped double the usual amount of rainfall on the Congo, impacting nine out of the country’s 12 departments.In the three weeks since the government in…
Some of Africa’s dry areas face serious water shortages due to minimal rainfall. An ancient system of drawing water from aquifers, the “qanat system”, could help. Gaathier Mahed, an environmental scientist and expert on the management of…
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AN ENORMOUS Jurassic pliosaur skull extracted from a cliff in Dorset, UK, is offering scientists a wealth of new information about these sea reptiles. “It’s very…
Places with “ton” in their name, such as Shitterton in Dorset, are said to be the most archetypically English
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Attempting to uncover the ancient origins of English place names has long kept academics and hobbyists busy,…
Places with “ton” in their name, such as Shitterton in Dorset, are said to be the most archetypically EnglishJames lox
Attempting to uncover the ancient origins of English place names has long kept academics and…