1+ hour, 4+ min ago  (364+ words) Credit: Map by Juan Joseph Elixio de la Puente (1764) The city of St. Augustine, Florida, has the distinction of being continuously occupied longer than any other European settlement in what is today the continental United States. A large portion of…...

2+ hour, 24+ min ago  (400+ words) The digital reconstruction of the iconic fossil, Little Foot, reveals unexpected similarities with Ethiopian specimens, contributing to debates on early hominin relationships. A new digital reconstruction of the face of the 3.67millionyearold'Australopithecus'fossil, Little Foot, provides new insight into the evolution…...

14+ hour, 32+ min ago  (568+ words) Purgatorius had previously only been found in the upper regions of North America, this discovery, 500 miles south, suggests they diversified soon after the mass extinction at the end of the Cretaceous image:Purgatorius upper molar from Corral Bluffs Denver Basin…...

20+ hour, 42+ min ago  (567+ words) image:Dr. Lindsey Cochran works in her lab at ETSU. view more When rising seas threaten thousands of years of human history along a vulnerable coastline, how do communities and researchers work together to protect what can be saved? That…...

22+ hour, 55+ min ago  (60+ words) Skeletal reconstruction of Diadectes sideropelicus with overlaid left and right tooth and bore marks in right lateral view.EurekAlert! Skeletal reconstruction of Diadectes sideropelicus with overlaid left and right tooth and bore marks in right lateral view. Redrawn and modified…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago  (307+ words) Artistic palaeo-reconstructions of ecosystem states in Central Europe over the last 23 million years. The illustrations depict typical landscapes and key large herbivores from six time periods: the Neogene (evolutionary origins of many present taxa), the Pleistocene (pre-Homo sapiens baseline), and…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (66+ words) The mammoth figurine from Vogelherd Cave, approximately 40,000 years old, bears multiple sequences of crosses and dots on its surface. The mammoth figurine from Vogelherd Cave, approximately 40,000 years old, bears multiple sequences of crosses and dots on its surface. Credit: Universit't…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago  (574+ words) image:Image shows Dr Wanyue Zhao, Research Associate in Organic Geochemistry, in her University of Bristol lab featuring the highly specialised spectrometry machine used to analyse the volatile chemical profiles of the samples. view more Credit: University of Bristol The…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago  (289+ words) image:YUAN DYNASTY BLUE-AND-WHITE PORCELAIN BOWL FRAGMENT PAINTED WITH A DRAGON INSIDE, 14TH CENTURY. view more Credit: DR MICHAEL FLECKER A maritime archaeological excavation in Singapore waters has uncovered the Temasek Wreck'an assemblage that is both locally unprecedented and globally significant…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago  (193+ words) MORE IMAGES AVAILABLE VIA THE LINK IN THE NOTES SECTION He added: "Our study demonstrates how geography, social organisation, and historical circumstances can preserve ancient genetic patterns in certain regions long after they have become altered elsewhere." The study also…...