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Spores in Mastodon Dung Suggest Humans Didn't Kill Off Ancient Mammals

Seeded on Fri Nov 20, 2009 9:31 AM EST (discovermagazine.com)

A fungus found within ancient mammoth dung is providing scientists with clues about how the large ancient mammals collectively known as megafauna went extinct.

science, extinction, ancient-life, prehistoric-mammals

Prehistoric Masterpieces: The Swimmers and The Beast

Seeded on Fri Nov 20, 2009 3:01 AM EST (Independent.co.uk)

Seeded by alkimija

The inhospitable plateau of Gilf Kebir in the far south-west Egyptian desert was once home to an early Egyptian civilization, who left behind spectacular cave art.

history, cave-art, africa

How Humanlike Was "Ardi"?

Seeded on Thu Nov 19, 2009 5:44 PM EST (Scientific American)

Seeded by LonoKemp

For such a petite creature, the 1.2-meter-tall "Ardi" (Ardipithecus ramidus) has made big waves in the paleoanthropology world.

science, ardipithicus, archaeology, paleontology, evolution, missing-link

Ancient crocodiles came in many forms, and some ate dinosaurs

Seeded on Thu Nov 19, 2009 5:02 PM EST (USA Today)

Seeded by MinnieApolis

Africa, the National Geographic says, was a land of dinosaurs and crocodiles. Fortunately some of the crocs actually ate dinos so that kept some of their numbers in check. There were crocs with pancake-like heads, and some that ate fish.

science, africa, archaeology, ancient, fossils, paleontology, national-geographic, crocodiles

Ancient Human Metropolis Found in Africa

Seeded on Wed Nov 18, 2009 6:44 PM EST (sott.net)

Seeded by Synthesis

hey have always been there. People noticed them before. But no one could remember who made them -- or why? Until just recently, no one even knew how many there were.

science, johan-heine, michael-tellinger, kraals, bantu, africa, ancient-civilization, astronomical-alignments, megaliths, ruins

Mummy Scans Show Heart Disease Was Rampant

Seeded on Wed Nov 18, 2009 6:35 PM EST (Wired News)

Seeded by Simplistic Reality

ORLANDO, Florida — The curse of the mummy may truly be fatal.

health, mummy, past, heart-disease, egypt

Ice Age took just SIX months to arrive... not 10 years

Seeded on Wed Nov 18, 2009 2:23 PM EST (the Mail online)

Seeded by Benno Hansen

Previous studies have suggested the arrival of the last Ice Age nearly 13,000 years ago took about a decade - but now scientists believe the process was up to 20 times as fast.

science, mud, climate-change, ice-age

"Shangri-La" Caves Yield Treasures, Skeletons

Seeded on Wed Nov 18, 2009 1:15 PM EST (National Geographic)

Seeded by alkimija

A treasure trove of Tibetan art and manuscripts uncovered in "sky high" Himalayan caves could be linked to the storybook paradise of Shangri-La, says the team that made the discovery.

history, tibet, nepal, shangri-la

Ancient Philippine Gold & the Forgotten Southeast Asian Srivijayan Empire (Video)

Seeded on Wed Nov 18, 2009 4:23 AM EST (YouTube)

Seeded by Jesusa Bernardo

Ancient gold treasures unearthed at Sitio Magruyong in Surigao, Philippines sheds light on the important pre-Spanish relationship between the Southeast Asian Srivijayan Empire and and the Philippines.

history, gold, treasure, pre-spanish, philippines, culture, southeast-asia, asia, archaeology

Vanished Persian Army Said Found in Desert : Discovery News

Seeded on Tue Nov 17, 2009 8:51 AM EST (Discovery.com)

Seeded by Ivan Pavlov

The remains of a mighty Persian army said to have drowned in the sands of the western Egyptian desert 2,500 years ago might have been finally located, solving one of archaeology's biggest outstanding mysteries, according to Italian researchers.

science, archaeology

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