Fossils show earliest animal trails
February 4, 2010 – 1:00 am by Oxford UniversityTrails found in rocks dating back 565 million years are thought to be the earliest evidence of animal locomotion ever found, Oxford University scientists report.
Trails found in rocks dating back 565 million years are thought to be the earliest evidence of animal locomotion ever found, Oxford University scientists report.
Today on New Scientist: 3 February 2010
February 3, 2010 – 7:00 pm by New ScientistToday's stories on newscientist.com at a glance, including: why water is the strangest liquid, how green plants rely on quantum mechanics, and the evidence against natural selection
Survival of the fittest theory: Darwinism’s limits
February 3, 2010 – 7:00 pm by New ScientistDarwin was only half-right about evolution: evidence against natural selection is mounting up, argue Jerry Fodor and Massimo Piattelli-Palmarini
Wednesday, February 3
February 3, 2010 – 6:18 pm by Archaeology Magazine Eighteenth-century letters discovered in the British Library suggest that a man-made mound in southwest England was once topped with a 40-foot-tall pole. “This is important, lost information dug out of the library, rather than through field work,” said David Dawson, director of the Wiltshire Heritage Museum.   An adobe perimeter wall at Peru’s Chan Chan archaeological complex [...]
Executions Examined at Neanderthal Museum in Düsseldorf
February 3, 2010 – 2:07 am by PR WebGallow, Wheel, and Stake – Insights into Places of Horror is a special exhibit and rare examination of the history of executions. (PRWeb Feb 2, 2010) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2010/02/prweb3553124.htm
Monday, February 1
February 1, 2010 – 7:03 pm by Archaeology Magazine Three Neanderthal teeth have reportedly been discovered in a cave in Poland, along with stone and bone tools and the bones of woolly mammoths and woolly rhinoceros. Machu Picchu will be closed until the railway and roads can be repaired after massive flood damage. The last of the stranded tourists were flown out by helicopter late [...]
Rotting fish yield fossil clues
January 31, 2010 – 8:02 pm by BBCBy watching fish rot, scientists discover patterns that could help interpret some of the most important fossils in the record.
Archaeology: Ancient Roman Aqueduct Source Discovered
January 30, 2010 – 1:28 am by Discovery ChannelTwo British filmmakers recently uncovered the long-lost source of Rome's ancient aqueduct. Rossella Lorenzi reports on the discovery.
Britannica Reports the Latest on Primates and Human Evolution; New Research Sheds Light on Our Ancestors, Ourselves
January 29, 2010 – 2:03 am by PR WebHumans and their primate cousins parted ways along the evolutionary road millions of years ago, but despite their divergent paths they still have a few things in common, according to two special reports on recent scientific findings just published by Encyclopaedia Britannica. (PRWeb Jan 27, 2010) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2010/01/prweb3520274.htm
Ancient Tomb Could Explain Maya Collapse
January 28, 2010 – 12:07 pm by Discovery ChannelMexican archaeologists have found an 1,100-year-old tomb from the end of the Maya civilization that they hope may explain what happened to the once-glorious culture.