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One for the birds. At https://phys.org/news/2019-07-bottomonium-particles-dont.html ... a few millionths of a second after Big Bang the universe was so dense and hot that quarks

At https://phys.org/news/2019-07-fast-radio-field-astronomy.html ... we have mysterious radio bursts - first discovered in 2007. Since then 100 or so have been announced - fast and bright

At https://phys.org/news/2019-07-southeast-asia-crowded-archaic-human.html ... SE Asia was crowded with archaic human groups long before modern humans turned up - going back 50,000+ years ago. This is

This story is at Anne-Marie de Grazia's web site - go to https://www.q-mag.org/tiny-islet-close-to-naxos-reveals-4600y-old-sanctu... ... an uninhabited island 10km from Naxos in the Aegean has a

This is an interesting story at https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2019/07/grazing-animals-drov... ... many of the grains, including quinoa, amaranth, the millets, hemp, and buckwheat, have traits that indicate they

A completely preserved lily was found in calcareous sediments of a former lake in NE Brazil dating back, it is said, to 115,000 years ago

The big archaeology story for some people has been the discovery of what is claimed to be the Biblical settlement of Ziklag - go to

At https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2019/07/origin-of-life-insig... ... peptides, which are a chain of amino acids, are an essential element of all life on Earth. They form the fabric of

What is a modern human? Does it depend on the cranium - and the old idea skull shape is the primary arbitrator. At https://archaeologunewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2019/07/earliest-known-homo-... ...

At https://phys.org/news/2019-07-japan-hayabasa2-probe-touchdown-asteroid.html .... and https://phys.org/news/2019-07-japan-asteroid-probe-hayabasa2-touchdown.html ... the Japanese Hayabasa 2 space probe made a 'perfect' touchdown on asteroid Ryugu and has collected samples from beneath

At https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2019/07/island-cores-unravel... ... the temple culture on Malta began nearly 6000 years ago (roughly 4000BC). This includes the famous Ggantija temple complex - which endured

At https://phys.org/news/2019-07-ancient-saharan-seaway-earth-climate.html ... in the Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History (summer of 2019) we have a paper based on an accumulation of

German and Kurdish archaeologists have uncovered a Bronze Age palace complex within the ruins of a mud brick city that once thrived on the banks

A cave in Crimea has yielded the bones of an ostrich like bird - but three times the size of the modern version. At https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2019/06/bird-three-times-lar...

At http://spaceweather.com (2nd July 2019) ... the face of the Sun has been blank for several days but on Sunday a small sun spot appeared,

At https://phys.org/news/2019-07-ancient-dna-biblical-philistines.html ... a dna study has been done on skeletons of Bronze and Iron age inhabitants of Ashkelon, one of the 5 Philistine cities.

One to wow the kiddiewinks - a dinosaur eating crocodile. Perhaps not as it isn't big enough or fearsome enough - go to https://phys.org/news/2019-06-ancient-croc-preyed-dinosaurs.html ...

At https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2019/06/2700-year-old-watcht... ... a 2700 year old watchtower was discovered at a military base in southern Israel according to the Israel Antiquities Authority. It dates

This story is at www.ancient-origins.net/artifacts-other-artifacts/ossuary-james-0012181 ... this sounds like a conspiracy theory but is never the less of interest as it is controversial. An ossuary

At www.ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/weapons-site-0012187 ... this link appears to have got its information from the Siberian Times and concerns an island in the Arctic Ocean. It is