English cave dig may yield clues as to why Neanderthals became extinctSeptember 14th, 2009 LONDON - Archaeologists have discovered teeth and bones from late Ice Age animals, including hyenas, deer and woolly rhinos at a cave in Devon, UK, which may yield clues as to why Neanderthals became extinct. According to a report by BBC News, the dig, organised by the University of Durham and the University of Sheffield, is part of a study into Neanderthals.
Largest-ever collection of coins from Bar-Kokhba revolt found in JerusalemSeptember 10th, 2009 WASHINGTON - The largest cache of rare coins ever found in a scientific excavation from the period of the Bar-Kokhba revolt of the Jews against the Romans has been discovered in a cave in Jerusalem by researchers from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Bar-Ilan University. The coins were discovered in three batches in a deep cavern located in a nature reserve in the Judean hills.
Oldest-known fiber materials used by humans date back to 34,000 yearsSeptember 10th, 2009 WASHINGTON - A team of archaeologists and paleobiologists has discovered flax fibers that are more than 34,000 years old, making them the oldest fibers known to have been used by humans. The fibers were discovered during systematic excavations in a cave in the Republic of Georgia.
Rice-sized worm, eyeless crustacean, found in underwater caveAugust 28th, 2009 WASHINGTON - An international team of scientists has discovered two tiny worms much smaller than a rice grain and a strange crustacean that has no eyes and poisonous fangs, among several new species of marine life found in an underwater cave in Lanzarote, Canary Islands. Tom Iliffe, professor of marine biology, Texas A and M University, carried out the research, along with researchers from Pennsylvania State University, the University of La Laguna in Spain and two German universities - the University of Veterinary Medicine in Hanover and the University of Hamburg.
16,000 year-old mother goddess figurine excavated in TurkeyAugust 18th, 2009 ANKARA - Archeologists have unearthed a 16,000 year-old mother goddess figurine during excavations in Direkli Cave in the southern province of Kahramanmaras in Turkey. According to a report in Today's Zaman, Gazi University Archeology Department lecturer Cevdet Merih Erek told the Anatolia news agency that the excavations in Direkli Cave, 65 km away from Kahramanmaras, started on July 15.
Archaeologists discover oldest map in Western EuropeAugust 6th, 2009 LONDON - Researchers at the University of Zaragoza have unearthed what they believe is man's earliest map, dating from almost 14,000 years ago. The research team, led by archaeologist Pilar Utrilla, discovered a stone tablet in a cave in Abauntz in the Navarra region of northern Spain in 1993 but it has taken them 15 years to disentangle the mess of etched lines.
World's biggest cave found in VietnamJuly 27th, 2009 WASHINGTON - A new survey has lead to the discovery of a massive cave in a remote Vietnamese jungle, which is the largest single cave passage yet found. According to a report in National Geographic News, at 262-by-262 feet (80-by-80 meters) in most places, the Son Doong cave beats out the previous world-record holder, Deer Cave in the Malaysian section of the island of Borneo.
Prehistoric European cave artists were female, reveals analysisJune 27th, 2009 WASHINGTON - An analysis of hand stencils inside the 25,000-year-old Pech Merle cave has indicated that the handprints belong to females, which suggests that the majority of prehistoric European cave artists were female. For about as long as humans have created works of art, they've also left behind handprints.
Reinforcement begins at Peking Man site in ChinaJune 25th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Reports indicate that reinforcement has begun at the Peking Man site in China to prevent one of its walls from collapsing. 'Peking Man' is referred to a group of fossil specimens, hundreds of thousands of years old, discovered in 1923-27 during excavations at Zhoukoudian near Beijing (at that time known as Peking), in China.
Archaeologists discover Israel's largest artificial underground caveJune 23rd, 2009 WASHINGTON - An artificial underground cave, the largest in Israel, has been exposed in the Jordan Valley in the course of a survey carried out by the University of Haifa's Department of Archaeology. Professor Adam Zertal, who headed the excavating team, reckons that this cave was originally a large quarry during the Roman and Byzantine era and was one of its kind.
2-mln yr old "mystery" ape fossil evidence of new form of early humanJune 18th, 2009 WASHINGTON - An anthropologist has determined that a fossil found in a Chinese cave 15 years ago, dating back to almost 2 million years, is from a "mystery" ape, and is evidence of a new form of early human. According to a report in National Geographic News, the fossil was found in the 1980s in south-central China's Longgupo cave by Russell Ciochon.
Bone fragment may confirm human presence in Treasure Coast 13,000 yrs agoJune 8th, 2009 WASHINGTON - An amateur fossil collector has discovered a 15-inch-long prehistoric bone fragment in Treasure Coast, Florida, which might help confirm a human presence here up to 13,000 years ago. The ancient bone, found by local amateur fossil collector James Kennedy near Vero Beach, contains a crude engraving of a mammoth or mastodon on it.
Cave painting in Australia depicts extinct marsupial lionMay 11th, 2009 WASHINGTON - A newly discovered cave painting in Australia offers a glimpse of an extinct marsupial lion's external appearance. Accoridng to a report in the Natural History Magazine, known as Thylacoleo carnifex, the marsupial lion roamed the continent of Australia about 30,000 years ago.
Tennis champ McEnroe helps to nab art dealer Lawrence SalanderMarch 27th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Former tennis champion John McEnroe helped prosecutors to nab Art gallery owner Lawrence Salander, who was arrested on hundred counts of larceny, fraud, forgery, and perjury. Salander, 59, is accused of stealing millions, including two million dollars from the famed tennis star.
Microbial ropes populate cave lakeDecember 23rd, 2008 WASHINGTON - Deep inside a cave system in Italy and more than 1,600 feet below the earth's surface, divers found filamentous ropes of microbes growing in the cold water. 'Sulphur caves are a microbiology paradise.
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