archaeology
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The Biggest Science Stories Of 2018
This year taught us more about distant planets and our own world, about the ways we’re influencing our environment and the ways we’re changing ourselves. A whole lot of stuff happened, and last January seems like it was, well, a year ago.
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Two Teens Discovered A 6000-Year-Old Stone Axe At Mount Vernon
A group of students last month was involved with the discovery of a stone artefact nearly 6000 years old while on a school trip to Mount Vernon, and officials are characterising the find as particularly noteworthy. The item, a stone axe head approximately 17.8cm long and 7.6cm wide, is believed to be work of a…
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Archaeology Can Help Prepare Us For Climate Change
Watching the weather for today and tomorrow is relatively easy with apps and news programs – but knowing what the climate was like in the past is a little more difficult. Archaeological evidence can show us how humans coped with long-gone seasonal and environmental changes. For me, it’s fascinating because it reveals what life was…
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Experts Say Recent ‘Alien’ Mummy Study Was Deeply Flawed And Unethical
Earlier this year, scientists from Stanford University concluded that a strange skeleton known as the Atacama Mummy belonged to a human girl whose physical malformations were the result of several severe genetic mutations. A team of international experts is now questioning these findings, and accusing the scientists of breaching standard research ethics.