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At https://phys.org/print410541003.html ... it seems Clovis Points, which are fluted, are still a problem for archaeology. What was the reasoning behind the fluting of flint

At last, a study that recognises that low sun spot numbers are not entirely the whole story when it comes to the Little Ice Age

The idea that modern humans in SE Asia, in the Holocene, were more advanced than Pleistocene predecessors, has taken a bit of a knocking -

At https://phys.org/print410453784.html ... blood preserved in amber, the fossilised red blood cells of monkeys. At https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.co.uk/2017/03/new-research-dispr... ... Palaeontologists have used skulls to delineate how much

At https://phys.org/print410429403.html ... sent in by William, an unusual story concerning the orbit of Mars and some mini planets (known as Trojans). These are really

At https://tallbloke.wordpress.com/2017/04/02/waves-on-sun-give-nasa-new-in... ... discusses what might cause coronal mass ejections from the Sun - as they contribute to space weather. See also www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/03/170330142242.htm ... where

At https://phys.org/print410172163.html ... DNA research is said to map the migration route of early farmers 8000 years ago - courtesy of the University of Huddersfield's

At www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/iron-age-chariot-horse-yo... ... in the foothills of the Yorkshire Wolds, on the outskirts of the market town of Pocklington, a chariot burial (with horse remains)

A mystery cosmic explosion has been picked up by NASAs Chandra X-ray Observatory - see https://phys.org/print410095783.html ... the cause is thought to be a destructive

At https://phys.org/print410076807.html ... bringing home the fact southern Europe was semi-tropical not so many million years ago - just 16 it would seem. This is

At https://phys.org/print409803872.html ... tracks of at least 21 different dinosaurs have been found on a stretch of remote coastline in western Australia ...                               

At www.spaceweather.com March 30th 2017 ... we are told the stream of solar wind, a CME event, has continued into a 4th day and we

At https://phys.org/print410012455.html ... an asteroid orbiting the 'wrong way' around the Sun has been risking a collision it would seem, but somehow they always miss

At http:///www.everythingselectric.com/venus-models/ ... it seems that mainstream views on the heat generated on Venus are changing. The greenhouse theory was applied to the planet and

Danish Vikings - why they moved to England - see http://sciencenordic.com/why-danish-vikings-moved-england/ ... as many as 35,000 Danes decided to seek pastures new in the 9th

At https://oxbowdbbc.wordpress.com/2017/01/17/offas-dyke-the-brexit-dimension/ ... which is guest post by Keith Ray on plans to preserve Offa's Dyke (used as a recreation source by long distance walkers).

Claude Blot's ideas often appear at the New Concepts in Global Tectonics web site and online journals - see www.ncgt.org. He pops up at www.everythingselectric.com/claude-blot/

At www.spaceweather.com (March 25th) we are told a potent coronal hole is facing the earth and sending out a stream of solar wind that will

At https://phys.org/print409322936.html ... astronomers have developed a way to detect the ultra violet background of the universe. In so doing they hope to discover the

Finistere is best known from the UK shipping forecast. At https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.co.uk/2017/03/14000-years-old-en... ... some 40 prehistoric engravings have been found in Finistere in Britanny ...