Forensic Scientists Exhume 20th-Century Mᴀss Grave in Spain
Forensic Scientists Exhume 20th-Century Mᴀss Grave in Spain CNN reports that forensic archaeologists and anthropologists from Cranfield University and the Complutense University of Madrid, and social anthropologists from Mapas de Memoria, are exhuming the remains of 26 people executed by local right-wing partisans during the rule of dictator General Francisco Franco at the end of …
Tennessee’s Tattooing Tools Dated to More Than 5,500 Years Ago
Tennessee’s Tattooing Tools Dated to More Than 5,500 Years Ago According to a Science News report, a new study of turkey bones unearthed in 1985 in a burial pit at the Fernvale site in central Tennessee suggests that they may have been used by Native Americans to make tattoos between 5,520 and 3,620 years ago. …
Remains of ‘lost medieval village’ found next to the Scottish motorway
Remains of ‘lost medieval village’ found next to the Scottish motorway The Scotsman reports that traces of four buildings dating from the fourteenth to the seventeenth centuries were uncovered during roadwork in southern Scotland at Netherton Cross near Bothwell, North Lanarkshire, next to the hard shoulder of the M74. Pottery – including sherds of cooking …
Oldest Ever Fly With Stomach Full Of Food Found After 47 Million Years
Oldest Ever Fly With Stomach Full Of Food Found After 47 Million Years When scientists investigated a 47-million-year-old fossilized fly found at the Messel Pit fossil site in Germany, they noticed it looked a bit chonky. So they took a closer look at its “bulging abdomen” and discovered it was stuffed with pollen from different …
Pedro: The Mysterious mountain mummy
Pedro: The Mysterious Mountain Mummy In June of 1934, two prospectors, Cecil Main and Frank Carr, were using explosives to mine for gold in the San Pedro Mountains of Wyoming. After the dust of one of their blasts cleared, Main and Carr discovered a small room in a cave. There they found a tiny, mummified …
In Northern California, a park ranger discovers a treasure trove of several million-year-old fossils.
In Northern California, a park ranger discovers a treasure trove of several million-year-old fossils. In California, a treasure trove of fossils was discovered, including the fully preserved skeleton of a mastodon and the bones of a 400-pound monster salmon.’ Last summer, while walking through the Mokelumne River’s drainage in the Sierra mountains, forest ranger Greg …
Researchers Just Found The Deepest Shipwreck On Earth Four Miles Below The Pacific
Researchers Just Found The Deepest Shipwreck On Earth Four Miles Below The Pacific A US-based team has thoroughly mapped and filmed the world’s deepest recorded shipwreck, a World War II US Navy destroyer. In the Philippine Sea, the USS Johnston is at a depth of 21,180 feet (about 6,500 meters). While its existence has long …
European Woman’s 35,000-Year-Old Genome Sequenced
European Woman’s 35,000-Year-Old Genome Sequenced According to a statement released by Uppsala University, a team of researchers led by Mattias Jakobsson has sequenced the genome of a woman whose 35,000-year-old skull was discovered in southern Romania’s Peștera Muierri cave system in the 1950s. For the first time, researchers have successfully sequenced the entire genome from …
Viking Burials Surveyed on Danish Island
Viking Burials Surveyed on Danish Island According to a statement released by Flinders University, a team of researchers from Flinders University and WesSєx Archaeology surveyed Kalvestene, a Viking burial site on the Danish island of Hjarnø, and compared their findings with a map made in the seventeenth century by the antiquarian Ole Worm. As part …
6,000-year-old baby found cradled in mother’s arm
6,000-year-old baby found cradled in mother’s arm A 6,000-year-old baby with its teeth still intact and resting in the arms of a woman, believed to be its mother, has been found in a grave in the Netherlands. Archaeologists said it was the oldest baby grave ever found in the Netherlands. The grave, uncovered at a …