Posts Tagged ‘prehistoric’
Rock art clarifies demise of pre-Aboriginal culture
U. QUEENSLAND (AUS) — Ancient rock art suggests a 1,500-year-long mega-drought may have been responsible for the disappearance of a pre-historic culture that predates present day Aboriginal people. Continue…
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Science & Technology - Nov 28, 2012 10:25 - 0 Comments
For ancient birds, feathers were a drag
YALE (US) — Prehistoric birds were far less versatile at flying than their modern descendents, a new study of their feathers shows. (more…)
Science & Technology - Nov 15, 2011 10:55 - 1 Comment
Alaskan dig turns up ancient ‘buckle’
U. COLORADO-BOULDER (US) — A small prehistoric buckle-like object that likely originated in East Asia has been found in an ancient Eskimo dwelling in Alaska. (more…)
Science & Technology - Jul 5, 2011 13:25 - 0 Comments
120 million-year-old bird gets an X-ray
U. PENNSYLVANIA (US) — Trace metals in fossils are offering clues about the pigmentations of creatures dead for more than a hundred million years. (more…)
Science & Technology - May 3, 2011 16:58 - 1 Comment
Nutcracker Man had a taste for grass
U. COLORADO (US) — An ancient, bipedal hominid sporting huge molars preferred to slurp up vast quantities of grass, instead of crunching on the food that earned it the nickname Nutcracker Man. (more…)
Science & Technology - Apr 21, 2011 12:04 - 0 Comments
Eyes have it: Some dinos were night owls
UC DAVIS (US) — Velociraptors did their hunting at night, according to a new study of the eyes of fossil animals, while plant-eaters scrounged for food around the clock. (more…)
Science & Technology - Apr 20, 2011 15:01 - 0 Comments
Righties prevailed in prehistoric era
U. KANSAS (US) — A study of markings on fossilized front teeth show that right-handedness dominated as long as 500,000 years ago. (more…)
Science & Technology - Mar 25, 2011 15:35 - 0 Comments
Ancient Americans were early arrivals
TEXAS A&M (US) — The first inhabitants in North America arrived about 15,500 years ago, as much as 2,500 years earlier than previously thought. (more…)
Science & Technology - Jan 7, 2011 13:07 - 3 Comments
Ancient what not to wear: Lice lessons
U. FLORIDA (US) — Humans started wearing clothing and migrating out of Africa about 170,000 years ago. How do scientists know? Lice. (more…)
Science & Technology - Aug 5, 2010 13:27 - 0 Comments
Was prehistoric crocodile a land lover?
MICHIGAN STATE (US)—The toothy grin of a recently discovered prehistoric reptile looks more mammal-like than that of modern crocodiles, according to an international group of researchers. (more…)
Science & Technology - Jul 6, 2010 11:02 - 0 Comments
Food fight: brain vs. gut
EMORY (US)—The relatively larger human brain makes us the most intelligent of the primates. But if we’re so smart, why have we eaten our way into an obesity epidemic? (more…)
