positive Archeology news
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Early Mammal Snacked on DinosLiaoning, China - Two remarkable finds in a fossil treasure trove in northeastern China may smash perceptions about early mammals, according to a study published on Thursday in the journal Nature. |
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Ice-Age Ivory Flute Found in German CaveBerlin, Germany - A 35,000-year-old flute made from a woolly mammoth's ivory tusk has been unearthed in a German cave by archaeologists, the University of Tuebingen said on Friday. |
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Brazil Finds New Europe-Related Dinosaur SpeciesRio De Janeiro, Brazil - Scientists have found well-preserved fossils of a new dinosaur species that lived 225 million years ago in southern Brazil but had its closest relatives in what is now Europe, Brazilian paleontologists said on Thursday. |
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Italy Returns Stolen Obelisk to EthiopiaRome, Italy - A cyclopean task will put to an end a decades-long diplomatic dispute between Italy and Ethiopia over a looted obelisk, according to a bilateral agreement signed last week in Rome. |
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Fossil of last great ape ancestor foundWashington DC - Paleontologiosts from the Miguel Crusafont Institute of Paleontology and the Diputacisn de Barcelona in Barcelona, Spain have found a fossil of a new ape species called Pierolapithecus catalaunicus, or its close relative that might have been the last common ancestor to all living great apes, including humans. |
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Pre-Dinosaur Reptile Discovered—Long-Necked HunterChina - With its body obscured by murky waters, an ancient fanged reptile may have used its long neck to lunge at fish and squid. The scenario is based on analysis of a 230-million-year-old fossil discovered in southeastern China. |
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Fossil Pushes Upright Walking Back 2 Million Years, Study SaysComputer analysis of a fossil thigh bone indicates that a chimp-size human-like creature walked on two legs as early as six million years ago. Walking on two legs, known as bipedalism, is considered by scientists to be a distinguishing characteristic in what sets humans apart from apes. |
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“Wrinkle Face” Dinosaur Fossil Found in AfricaGadoufaoua, Niger - The fossil skull of a new species of dinosaur-a wrinkle-faced carnivore called Rugops primus that lived 95 million years ago-has been found in a remote part of the Sahara in Africa. |
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Ancient Pre-Inca Graveyard Found Near LimaLima, Peru - A well-preserved graveyard possibly 1,000 years old has been discovered at an archeological complex of Inca and pre-Inca temples on the outskirts of the Peruvian capital, experts said on Wednesday. |
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Dozens of Inca Mummies Found on Outskirts of LimaLima, Peru - Dozens of mummies dating back more than 500 years have been discovered on the path of a proposed highway on the outskirts of the Peruvian capital, near an Inca graveyard, archeologists said on Friday. |
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