Added on 27 October 2008
03 December 2008
Starch grains preserved on human teeth reveal that ancient Peruvians ate a variety of cultivated crops including squash, beans, peanuts and the fruit of cultivated pacay trees.
03 December 2008
Study identifies six different mosses from the Tyrolean Iceman's alimentary tract
25 November 2008
Archeology as a tool for contemporary decisions not just for understanding the past
25 November 2008
Bacterial decay was once viewed as fossilization's mortal enemy, but new research suggests bacterial biofilms may have actually helped preserve the fossil record's most vulnerable stuff -- animal embryos and soft tissues.
25 November 2008
The first comprehensive reconstruction of an extreme warm period shows the sensitivity of the climate system to changes in carbon dioxide (CO2) levels as well as the strong influence of ocean temperatures, heat transport from equatorial regions, and greenhouse gases on Earth's temperature.
24 November 2008
An unpublished article from the Russian semiologist Yuri M. Lotman analyses how epidemics of fear work, through the study of witch-hunting processes which claimed thousands of victims in Catholic and Protestant
