Thousands of skeletons found in London pit
August 6th, 2012 - 9:50 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 6 (IANS) Thousands of skeletons found in a mass grave in London were of people who died due to climatic changes after a 13th century volcanic eruption, according ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Dogs were man’s best friend even 33,000 years ago
January 24th, 2012 - 6:40 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Jan 24 (IANS) A dog's skull, which had lain in a Siberian cave for 33,000 years, presents the oldest evidence of domestication of the canine.
The latest find comes ... Read more...
Posted in Sci-Tech |
Traces from old n-tests found in Antarctic moss
November 30th, 2011 - 2:18 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, Nov 30 (IANS) Nuclear weapons, tested 50 years ago, have left their imprint on living moss shoots in the Antarctica.These imprints, known as atmospheric radiocarbon 14C or bomb spikes, ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
Cavemen and cave bears may have competed for shelter 32,000 yrs ago!
April 27th, 2011 - 6:31 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, April 27 (ANI): Around 32,000 years ago, prehistoric humans might have had to compete with bears to settle into caves, according to a new study.The study on cave bears also shed ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
3,000-yr-old Mesoamerican sculpture discovered in southern Mexico
February 15th, 2011 - 6:47 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 15 (ANI): A 3,000-year-old Mesoamerican sculpture, discovered in 2009 in southern Mexico along the Pacific coast, looks ready to march into the history books.But the only problem is archaeologists ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
The book ‘no one can read’ dates back to 15th century
February 11th, 2011 - 3:06 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 11 (ANI): Researchers have cracked one of the puzzles surrounding what has been called 'the world's most mysterious manuscript' - the Voynich manuscript, a book filled with drawings and writings ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Stone-age era fertility artifact of ‘woman with spread legs’ found in Poland
February 5th, 2011 - 12:04 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 5 (ANI): A Stone-Age era artifact carved with multiple zigzags and what appears to be a woman with spread legs has been found in Poland.The discovery suggests that fertility rituals ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Ocean circulation changes ‘more dramatic than previously thought’
January 15th, 2011 - 3:03 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Jan 15 (ANI): A new study from Cardiff University has revealed that ocean circulation changes this winter may have been more dramatic than previously thought.The study found that as the last ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Humans used domesticated dogs as food sources 9,400 years ago
January 13th, 2011 - 5:40 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Jan 13 (ANI): 9,400 years ago, humans not only used domesticated dogs as companions, workers and guardians, but also as food sources, says a new study.Samuel Belknap III, a University of ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
London’s oldest structure discovered
January 7th, 2011 - 5:21 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Jan 07 (ANI): A team from Thames Discovery Programme (TDP) has discovered London's oldest structure on the foreshore of the Thames just metres from the MI6 building in Vauxhall.As they ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Scientists produce first-ever, 100 times brighter rare colour of laser light
December 22nd, 2010 - 1:26 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Dec 22 (ANI): Scientists at the Department of Energy's Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility have produced a rare colour of laser light 100 times brighter than any other source, for the ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
The top 10 archaeological discoveries of 2010
December 16th, 2010 - 5:18 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Dec 16 (ANI): The top ten archaeological discoveries for this year have been revealed, and they include royal tombs among others.This year archaeologists were led to the discovery of royal tombs ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
King Solomon’s copper-and-gold palaces ‘may have existed’
November 25th, 2010 - 2:22 pm ICT by ANI
Amman, Nov 25 (ANI): A UCSD professor of anthropology has uncovered evidence that suggests that King Solomon's splendid, copper- and gold-adorned palaces - as described in the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament) - ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
New study gives clues about carbon dioxide patterns at end of Ice Age
October 26th, 2010 - 5:11 pm ICT by ANI
London, Oct 26 (ANI): A new study has put to rest the mystery of where old carbon was stored during the last glacial period.It turns out it ended up in the icy ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Columbus not to blame for syphilis in Europe, says expert
October 26th, 2010 - 4:10 pm ICT by IANS
London, Oct 26 (IANS) Christopher Columbus and his crew have long been blamed for bringing the sexually transmitted disease syphilis from the Americas to Europe after their historic first voyage.In 1493 they ... Read more...
Posted in Sci-Tech |
‘Neanderthals shopped at stone-age Tiffany’s’ theory debunked
October 20th, 2010 - 1:12 pm ICT by ANI
London, Oct 20 (ANI): In 1959 in the Grotte du Renne in central France, archaeologists found a wide range of ornaments and tools, indicating the existence of a stone-age Tiffany's, but a ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Large CO2 release accelerates ice age melting
August 27th, 2010 - 5:47 pm ICT by ANI
London, Aug 27 (ANI): Using radiocarbon dating, researchers traced the pathway of carbon dioxide released from the deep ocean to the atmosphere at the end of the last ice age and found ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Australia’s earliest contact rock art found
July 24th, 2010 - 6:31 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, July 24 (ANI): Scientists have found evidence of Southeast Asian sailing vessels visiting Australia in the mid-1600s -- the oldest contact rock art in Australia.The team taking part in the ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Dogs became man’s best friends 14,000 years ago
July 24th, 2010 - 6:30 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, July 24 (ANI): The friendship between humans and dogs might date as far back as 14,000 years, as scientists have discovered a jaw fragment in a Swiss cave, which is believed ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
New archaeological find indicates Indo-Roman trade in ancient India
July 16th, 2010 - 5:03 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, July 16 (ANI): At least 18 wooden pegs have been discovered in Kodungalloor, Kerala, taking the archaeological finds at Muziris - an ancient port city believed to have existed on the ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
World’s oldest leather shoe found
June 10th, 2010 - 1:20 pm ICT by IANS
London, June 10 (IANS) A perfectly preserved 5,500-year-old leather shoe has been found by a team of international archaeologists in a cave in Armenia.
The cow-hide shoe dates back to 3,500 BC ... Read more...
Posted in World |
World’s oldest shoe found in Armenian cave
June 10th, 2010 - 9:42 am ICT by IANS
London, June 10 (IANS) Archaeologists have found the world's oldest shoe dating back to 5,500 years in an Armenian cave.
The shoe made from a single piece of cowhide can fit a woman's ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Huge carbon ‘burp’ that helped end last ice age detected
May 28th, 2010 - 10:53 am ICT by ANI
Washington, May 28 (ANI): The possible source of a huge carbon dioxide 'burp' that happened some 18,000 years ago and which helped to end the last ice age has been discovered by ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Remains unearthed in Southwell ‘could be Roman temple’
April 19th, 2010 - 1:53 pm ICT by ANI
London, April 19 (ANI): Archaeologists have unearthed what they say could be the remains of an unknown Roman temple in Nottinghamshire.Walls, ditches and ornate stones were revealed after excavations on the ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Ancient DNA reveals woolly mammoths survived the Ice Age
December 15th, 2009 - 5:32 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, December 15 (ANI): An international team has used DNA samples from frozen dirt, not fossilized bones, to show that megafauna like the woolly mammoths survived the Ice Age and were possible ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Jesus Christ’s ‘death certificate’ imprinted on Turin Shroud
November 21st, 2009 - 1:27 pm ICT by ANI
London, Nov 21 (ANI): A Vatican scholar claims to have deciphered Jesus Christ's 'death certificate' on the Turin Shroud, or Holy Shroud, a linen cloth revered by Christians and held by many ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Climate warming and loss of ice unprecedented in last 14,000 years
November 7th, 2009 - 5:04 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, November 7 (ANI): A new analysis has revealed that the period of climate warming and loss of ice being witnessed currently in the Antarctic Peninsula has been never been seen in ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
English cave dig may yield clues as to why Neanderthals became extinct
September 14th, 2009 - 5:06 pm ICT by ANI
London, September 14 (ANI): Archaeologists have discovered teeth and bones from late Ice Age animals, including hyenas, deer and woolly rhinos at a cave in Devon, UK, which may yield clues as ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
51 headless men in 1,000-year-old English execution pit may be Vikings
July 29th, 2009 - 3:32 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, July 29 (ANI): Archaeologists have found the bodies of 51 young men, their heads stacked neatly to the side, in a thousand-year-old pit in southern England, with a number of ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Pacific tsunami threat may be greater than previously thought
July 21st, 2009 - 4:26 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, July 21 (ANI): A new study of geological evidence along the Gulf of Alaska coast has indicated that the potential for a huge Pacific Ocean tsunami on the West Coast of ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Humans may have been responsible for “megafauna” demise 46,000 years ago
June 23rd, 2009 - 2:28 pm ICT by ANI
London, June 23 (ANI): A team of scientists has analyzed the fossil of the extinct giant kangaroo to determine that humans were responsible for the demise of "megafauna" 46,000 years ago.There ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Oldest falcon nest found in Greenland
June 18th, 2009 - 5:29 pm ICT by ANI
London, June 18 (ANI): The oldest nest used by falcons, dating back to even before the time of Jesus, has been discovered in Greenland.Gyrfalcons, the world's largest species of falcon, still continually ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Woolly mammoths survived in Britain until 14,000 years ago
June 18th, 2009 - 12:54 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, June 18 (ANI): A new research has finally proven that bones found in Shropshire, England provide the most geologically recent evidence that woolly mammoths survived in Britain until 14,000 years ago.The ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Archaeologists claim discovery of Jap queen Himiko’s final resting place
June 1st, 2009 - 2:22 pm ICT by ANI
Tokyo, June 1 (ANI): A team of archaeologists, using radiocarbon dating, have determined that an ancient tomb, constructed in traditional keyhole style denoting someone of very high rank, may well be the ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Fire, water to help unravel archaeological objects’ age
May 26th, 2009 - 3:36 pm ICT by IANS
London, May 26 (IANS) Scientists are relying on fire and water to date archaeological objects by unlocking their "internal clocks", with this simple yet novel method promising to be as significant for ... Read more...
Posted in Sci-Tech |