Tagged: Archaeology

Obsidian blades with food traces reveal 1st settlers of Rapa Nui had regular contact with South Americans 1,000 years ago

Via: • News Viners • 3 Comments • 6 months ago

Keep in mind that Easter Island (or Rapa Nui) was settled rather late; perhaps as early as the 4th century and possibly as late as the 9th century CE.

Easter Island's population never collapsed, but it did have contact with Native Americans, DNA study suggests

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Another indigenous controversy.

Wreck of WWII 'Hit 'Em Harder' submarine, which sank with 79 crew on board, discovered in South China Sea | Live Science

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Derinkuyu: Strange underground city found in man's basement

Via: • News Viners • 5 Comments • last year

A common question asked astronauts comes to mind: how do you go to the bathroom? Certainly not new news by any stretch; Derinkuyu was (re?)discovered in 1963. Perhaps the tunnel cities in Gaza...

Is That a Burning Bush? Is This Mt. Sinai? Solstice Bolsters a Claim

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Science and theology collide once again. In the end empirical evidence doesn't matter. Everything depends upon belief and faith. Exodus 3: Now Moses was tending the flock of Jethro his...

An Evolutionary Timeline of Homo Sapiens | Science | Smithsonian Magazine

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Who Invented the Alphabet?

Via: • The Beacon • 7 Comments • 4 years ago

When I was a kid, I learned to keep track of whatever I was counting by marking down by fives: That seems pretty simple, but it requires several levels of abstraction: quantification,...

Stonehenge: Why a plan to build a tunnel is so controversial

Via: • The Beacon • 1 Comments • 5 years ago

The first time I visited Stonehenge, about fifty years ago, I simply pulled my rental to the side of the road, and then went strolling among the stones. I was one of a half-dozen...

Archaeologists Find 1,200-Year-Old Soap Factory in Israel

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Some of the soap I bought recently must have been made in that factory.

14,000-Year-Old Fossilized Poop Among Oldest Traces of Humans in North America

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Here's an example of really crappy science. Or, rather, the science of crap.