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Chris Catling, in World Current Archaeology 88 sets his eye on recent DNA research. In issue 85 he drew attention to the lack of a

At http://popular-archaeology.com/issue/winter-2018/article/entomologist-co... ... researchers from Huddersfield and Italy have been in the Libyan desert and they have discovered people in the Sahara were cultivating and

In the February issue of Current Archaeology we have another interesting post at 'Science Notes' (page 12) on C14 dating methodology - and how it

At www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/03/180319220955.htm ... 115,000 years old bone tools found in China -quite sophisticated in technique. They were used to modify stone tools. These are known

William sent in the link https://phys.org/print440830205.html ... evidence that a red star disturbed the prehistoric solar system is the premise of a paper in Monthly

I was looking through a press release at https://phys.org/print440836060.html ... which is about the genomes of five late Neanderthals that lived between 39,000 and 47,000

At http://notrickszone.com/2018/03/19/since-2008-0-24c-of-extra-warming-has... ... this should cause consternation but sadly won't. Since 2008 some 0.24 degrees C of 'extra' warming has been added to NASA GISS

   at http://spaceweather.com/ (March 19th 2018), captured from Marup in Denmark by Rusian Merzlyakov, a geomagnetic storm at the vernal equinox.

At https://cosmosmagazine.com/palaeontology/australia-s-jurassic-park-leave... ... at Walmadany in Western Australia there are dinosaur footprints - in their hundreds. They are preserved in the Kimberley sandstone. They have

Lots of tributes to Stephen Hawking out there after his recent death, last week. He is well known for his work on black holes for

Extrapolating seems to be the name of the game nowadays - and was probably ever thus. The whole gist of the climate alarm is based

Jovan sent in the link www.skyandtelescope.com/astronomy-news/exoplanets/the-fate-of-exomoons-w... ... and once again we are back into mainstream worlds in collision. The title is 'The Fate of Exomoons

The assumption is that Plate Tectonics is a fact at https://phys.org/print440354779.html ... which must also pertain to the origin of garnet. This mineral or rock

At https://phys.org/print440339145.html ... the discovery of fossils belonging to a new group of people, the Denisovans (in central Asia) a few years back has led

At www.livescience.com/61989-famed-archaeologist-created-fakes.html ... we are told that James Mellaart faked several of his finds at Catal Huyuk and may even have had a forgers workshop

   ... The thin ribbon of purple light can be seen with the green aurora in the background - apparently some distance behind the purple

At https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2018/03/megiddo-armageddon-dna-royal... ... an undisturbed tomb near a Bronze Age palace has been unearthed at Megiddo. The city dominated a strategic pass on a major

At https://phys.org/print440153496.html ... scientists say they have solved the mysteroy as to why comets emit x-rays. Comets are regarded as cold objects whilst x-rays are

The existence of shale oil and gas in rocks of different periods must have an origin somewhere in the natural world - unless it is

At https://tallbloke.wordpress.com/2018/03/14/astronomers-discover-galaxies... ... Astronomers discover that galaxies spin like clockwork, and are in tune with each other. Regardless of whether a galaxy is big or