Researchers at the University of Zurich have investigated a unique leather scale armour found in the tomb of a horse rider in Northwest China.
Design and construction details of the armour indicate that it originated in the Neo-Assyrian Empire…
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Lost world gives glimpse of planet before last Ice Age
A lost world in Mexico has offered scientists a glimpse of the planet before the last Ice Age.
Scientists have identified a mangrove forest located on the San Pedro Martir River, which is the last remnant of an ancient ecosystem dating back…
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Liangzhu, Venice of the Stone Age, Collapsed Due To Climate Change
In the Yangtze Delta, about 160 kilometres southwest of Shanghai, the archeological ruins of Liangzhu City are located. There, a highly advanced culture blossomed about 5,300 years ago, thanks to the engineering of large hydraulic…
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Researchers determine what caused the Liangzhu Culture collapse
The Liangzhu Culture, referred to as “China’s Venice of the Stone Age” was the last Neolithic jade culture in the Yangtze River Delta of China.
The Liangzhu Culture emerged at the Liangzhu City site, a pan regional urban centre with a sphere of…
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“Volcanic winter” likely contributed to ecological catastrophe 250 million years ago
A team of scientists has identified an additional force that likely contributed to a mass extinction event 250 million years ago.
Its analysis of minerals in southern China indicate that volcano eruptions produced a “volcanic winter” that…
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The world’s oldest mercury poisoning revealed in Copper Age Iberia
A recent paper published in the International Journal of Osteoarchaeology and in which researchers from the University of Seville participate, explores the complex relationship between humans and mercury over time.
In this article, entitled…
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Solving the mysteries of Palermo’s child mummies
The first ever comprehensive study of mummified children in Sicily’s famous Capuchin Catacombs is being led by Staffordshire University.
Dr Kirsty Squires, Associate Professor of Bioarchaeology, and her team have been given exclusive access to…
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Genetically Rescued Organism: Toward A Solution For Sudden Oak Death
Sudden oak death, caused by the pathogen Phythophthora ramorum, is one of the most ecologically devastating forest diseases in North America, responsible for the deaths of millions of oaks and tanoaks along the coast.
Science to the rescue?…
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Map of Earth’s Asteroid and Meteor Impact Craters
Impact craters are caused when the planet is struck by solid objects travelling at high velocity, producing shock waves and the compression of material to form a circular crater.
In impacts with large objects, material can be displaced and ejected…
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By 2500 earth could be alien to humans
To fully grasp and plan for climate impacts under any scenario, researchers and policymakers must look well beyond the 2100 benchmark.
Unless CO2 emissions drop significantly, global warming by 2500 will make the Amazon barren, the American…
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