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Stonehenge's royal burial roots
SHEFFIELD, England, May 31 (UPI) -- British researchers said radiocarbon dating suggests Stonehenge was used as a cemetery for about 500 years after it was built around 3,000...
Egypt planning DNA test for 3,500-year-old mummy
(AP) -- Egypt plans to conduct a DNA test on a 3,500-year-old mummy to determine if it is King Thutmose I, one of the most important pharaohs, the country's...
Did Walking On Two Feet Begin With A Shuffle?
A pair of researchers have developed a model that suggests shuffling emerged millions of years ago as a precursor to walking on two feet as a way of saving metabolic...
Two new shipwreck sites found: U.S. treasure hunters
TAMPA, Florida (Reuters) - The U.S. treasure hunting company Odyssey Marine Exploration said on Thursday it had found two shipwreck sites near the English Channel with artifacts from the colonial...
Years after slaughter, Peru opens giant burial pit
PUTIS, Peru (Reuters) - Forensic scientists pulled human skeletons from the biggest known mass grave in Peru on Thursday, searching for proof the army slaughtered more than 100 people at...
Reed Elsevier makes its final farewell to arms
Company stops organising arms trade fairs following sustained campaign by international writers and shareholders
PHOTO IN THE NEWS: Giant Flyers Hunted Dinos on Foot?
Yes, they had wings, but the largest flying creatures ever to have lived preferred to hunt baby dinosaurs and similar-size snacks on foot, scientists say.
Score One for Monogamy
Complex insect societies may have evolved because females chose a single mate
VIDEO: Goodall Pushes EU on Animals
The famed chimpanzee researcher was in Brussels on Wednesday to urge the European Union to ban animal testing for medical and scientific research.
Ancient Eskimos Came from Asia, Study Says
The first Eskimos to colonize the New World did not descend from Native Americans, nor are they the ancestors of modern-day Inuit, according to a new analysis of ancient hair.
PHOTOS: Stonehenge Was ''Domain of the Dead''
Archaeologists may have finally solved the enduring puzzle of the prehistoric monuments: They are giant tombstones of the dead.
Rewriting Greenland's immigration history
The first immigrants in Greenland were not Indians from the North American continent or Canadian Inuit as previously suggested. And it is not just a question of revising the Greenlandic...
The 10 worst jobs in science
The list starts with scientists who collect and dig through whale dung for a living — and it counts down to the worst job in the entire science profession.
Fossilized fish reveals first vertebrate sex
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian scientists unveiled on Thursday the fossilized remains of the oldest vertebrate mother ever discovered, a 375-million-year-old placoderm fish with embryo and umbilical cord attached.
Indiana Jones And The Plunder Of Cultural Heritage
As Indiana Jones' fourth adventure hits to the big screen, an international team of archaeologists, anthropologists, museum specialists, ethicists and lawyers is pondering these ethical and legal issues. Their focus...
Flying reptiles ate dinosaurs for lunch
Ancient flying reptiles could have snacked on Tyrannosaurus rex babies and other landlubbing runts of the dinosaur world, paleontologists report.
Ancient Egyptian city unearthed in Sinai
(AP) -- Archaeologists exploring an old military road in the Sinai have unearthed 3,000-year-old remains from an ancient fortified city, the largest yet found in Egypt, antiquities authorities announced...
Malaria parasites fine-tune offspring's gender: study
LONDON (Reuters) - Malaria parasites fine-tune the number of male and female offspring they produce to maximize the odds of infecting another host, a finding that could help fight the...
Researchers retrieve authentic Viking DNA from 1,000-year-old skeletons
Although “Viking” literally means “pirate,” recent research has indicated that the Vikings were also traders to the fishmongers of Europe. Stereotypically, these Norsemen are usually pictured wearing a horned helmet...
Fossil prints reveal giant winged reptile was a stalker
Largest creatures that ever flew may have spent much of their time on the ground, research suggests
Part of Ancient Egyptian Fertility Temple Found in Nile
Egyptian archaeologists found the portico, or covered entryway, to the temple of the ram-headed fertility god Khnum while conducting the first-ever underwater surveys of the Nile.
Scientists list 2007's top 10 new species
PHOENIX, May 27 (UPI) -- The U.S.-led International Institute for Species Exploration announced its 2007 top 10 new species, including a 75 million-year-old duck-billed dinosaur.
What makes life go at the tropics?
What causes tropical life to thrive: temperature, or sunlight? The answer is not necessarily “both.” According to a study published online this week in PNAS Early Edition, the explosion of...
Diverse life discovered on the seabed
Scientists have discovered a treasure trove of diverse life on the seafloor off Victoria's surf coast, as well as submerged river systems and lagoons.
Video: NBC video: Bottling the aroma of antiquity
May 26: David Pybus — the Indiana Jones of the perfume world — is piecing together ancient perfumes from parchments, frescoes and remnants found in tombs to recreate the allure...
Dutch claim first sequencing of female DNA
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands (AP) -- Dutch scientists claim they have completed the first sequencing of an individual woman's DNA....
New Research Forces U-turn In Population Migration Theory
Genetic evidence that overturns existing theories about human migration into Island Southeast Asia (covering the Philippines, Indonesia and Malaysian Borneo) taking the timeline back by nearly 10,000 years has been...
Doctor's son may have died a week ago
FORMENTERA, Spain, May 22 (UPI) -- The son of British psychiatrist R.D. Laing had been dead for about a week when his body was found on a Spanish...