The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) released 20 pages of training materials concerning the collection, processing, and analysis of biological evidence following fatal aviation accidents. The…
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Larry W. Bryant was a UFO researcher, writer, and government transparency advocate who pursued federal records through the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). His work…
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KIEL, GERMANY—Headless skeletons have been discovered in a ditch at Vráble, a Neolithic site in southwestern Slovakia occupied between 5250 and 4940 B.C., according to a Live Science report. Traces of more than 300 houses grouped into three neighborhoods have been found at Vráble. The ditch containing the skeletons, including four pairs of people and…
Scientists have uncovered new evidence that Stonehenge’s six-ton Altar Stone was deliberately transported hundreds of kilometers from Scotland by ancient people. The feat would have required extraordinary planning, teamwork, and determination, revealing a surprisingly sophisticated level of organization thousands of years ago.
JERUSALEM, ISRAEL—According to a statement released by the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, analysis of 780,000-year-old basalt artifacts unearthed at the site of Gesher Benot Ya’aqov in northern Israel shows that hominins selected specific basalt sources when crafting particular tools. Tzahi Golan and Yoav Ben Dor of the Geological Survey of Israel and Naama Goren-Inbar of…
Fragmented iron helmets with traces of paint and patina SAN VINCENTE DEL RASPEIG, SPAIN—According to a Gizmodo report, a new evaluation, including radiocarbon dating, of five of the 43 helmets discovered under about 20 feet of water off the northeastern coast of Spain in 1990 indicates that they were made between the late fourteenth and…
BARCELONA, SPAIN—IFL Science reports that analysis of dental calculus samples taken from 18 Neanderthals, 745 modern humans, and 96 great apes suggests that Neanderthals consumed insects about as frequently as chimpanzees. DNA from flies and mosquitoes identified in the Neanderthal dental calculus may have been consumed with rotting meat laced with maggots or insect eggs.…
Ancient grooves on human teeth, once hailed as evidence of tooth-picking, may simply be the result of natural wear, according to a new study of wild primates. The research also revealed that a common modern dental defect appears to be uniquely human, hinting that today's lifestyles may be reshaping our teeth in unexpected ways.
Researchers have solved a decades-old mystery by showing that a cache of 43 helmets found off the Spanish coast is medieval, not Roman. The remarkable discovery exposes a thriving weapons trade network that connected Mediterranean powers during a time of piracy, warfare, and growing demand for military equipment.
Burials, Tell Kom Aziza, Egypt BEHEIRA, EGYPT—Excavations near the coast of northern Egypt, at the site of at Tell Kom Aziza, have revealed a cemetery dated to the Greek and Roman periods, according to an Ahram Online report. The necropolis is located on the site of a settlement dating back to the Old Kingdom, some…
Vaulted room of a villa, Rome, Italy ROME, ITALY—A second-century a.d. villa has been rediscovered under Cavour Scientific High School, which is located near the Colosseum, Live Science reports. Students found the structure while exploring subterranean tunnels and notified a teacher, who contacted archaeologists. When the school building was constructed in the late nineteenth century,…
BURGOS, SPAIN—Researchers led by Sonia Díaz-Navarro of the University of Burgos examined the skeletons of 48 children recovered from Camino del Molino, a 5,000-year-old circular burial cave in southeastern Spain, according to a Phys.org report. The bones of more than 1,300 people were deposited at the site over a period of more than 700 years.…
