In the News

Climate science is slowly catching up with the rest of us. At http://phys.org/print380256073.html ... they have discovered the 536 and 541AD low growth tree ring

At http://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.co.uk/2016/04/first-north-america... ... (see also www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/monkeys-may-have-floated-to-north-amer...) ... is one of those stories where a new find is like a torpedo, holing a consensus theory in

At http://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.co.uk/2016/04/dna-analysis-sugges... ... a dna analysis, it is claimed, has shown that Yiddish, the old language of the Ashkenazi Jews, had its origins in NE

At www.q-mag.org/pytheas-megaliths-and-the-tides.html ... Anne Marie de Grazia has translated Jean Deruelle the author of 'De la Prehistoroire a l'Atlantide de Megaliths' in which it is

At www.yahoo.com/news/dinosurs-struggled-survive-long-asteroid-hit-19233514... ... and www.yahoo.com/news/study-dinosaurs-were-declining-long-asteroid-hit-1902... ... which has been widely reported on the Web and concerns a press release coinciding with publication of a paper

Radiation appears to have a lesser effect on animals than human activity and interference - see http://phys.org/print380252676.html. Robert Farrar has also sent in the link

The idea that Beringia was a human refugia during the Late Glacial Maximum has been gaining momentum over the last few years. It is getting

Having a snort at another myth beloved of some people, the idea that bog bodies were ritual sacrificial victims - go to www.irishcentral.com/opinion/others/The-truth-about-Irish-bog-bodies-PHO... ... the

Mariza Gimbutas was all the rage at one time among the eager youngsters of the 1960s and 1970s. She was the author of 'Goddesses of

An amulet with the name of Thutmose III has been discovered in the spoil heap from the Temple Mount. A sifting project has been in

At www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/apr/17/amazing-find-roman-villa ... electricians digging a hole to lay a cable to a snooker and games room struck a mosaic floor - and luckily the

At http://phys.org/print379871837.html ... NASAs Cassini spacecraft has detected a first signal of dust coming from beyond our solar system it is alleged, according to research

There is a good article on the K/T boundary event asteroid that brought an end to the dinosaurs - see http://phys.org/print379845498.html ... what the initial

Gary Gilligan sent in an interesting link - www.increasinglearning.com/blog/stratigraphy ... and see also www.youtube.com/watch?v=okJzgEZbdVg ... The former is a young Creationist web site but it

At http://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.co.uk/2016/04/ancient-statues-une... ... which refers to a Swiss excavation by Cornelius Pilgrim who unearthed two headless statues on the island in the Nile, Elephantine. One

At http://phys.org/print379702696.html ... a binary star moving very fast, at hypervelocity, seems to have caused a bit of a problem. It is part of the

At www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/radioactive-boars-rampage-around-fukus... ... following the meltdown of the Fukushima nuclear power station during the earthquake and tsunami wave the surrounding area was evacuated - leaving

At http://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.co.uk/2016/04/a-3800-year-journey... ... we have a clay tablet from Babylonia that was originally pulled from an excavation of Old Babylonian (Middle Bronze Age) archaeology in

At http://phys.org/print379669279.html ... and http://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.co.uk/2016/04/chauvet-pont-darc-c... ... we have a story about dating the cave art, a head scratching affair. The cave is situated in southern

At http://phys.org/print379302444.html ... we learn the World Bank intends to increase funding for renewable energy projects - in developing countries. Should people over there start