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Pompeii Like Excavations Tell Us More About Toba Super Eruption

February, 28 2010

Science Daily

Mapping of stone tool artefacts on a Middle Palaeolithic occupation surface under the Toba ash. Newly discovered archaeological sites in southern and northern India have revealed how people lived before and after the colossal Toba volcanic eruption 74,000 years ago.

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Tamil inscription found

February, 28 2010

The Hindu

An inscription in Tamil was found at the Kurudumale Vinayaka temple in Mulbagal taluk of Kolar district on Saturday.

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Lasers lift dirt of ages from artworks

February, 28 2010

BBC

Lorenzo Ghiberti's self portrait on the Gate of Paradise, during laser cleaning Physicists have applied the same laser techniques commonly used for tattoo removal to clean several famous works of art, including wall paintings.

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Early Humans Used Brain Power, Innovation and Teamwork to Dominate the Planet

February, 28 2010

Scientifica American

CULTURE, COGNITION, COOPERATION Researchers at a workshop to determine the markers of human uniqueness focused on the 'three Cs' Scholars gathered to discuss how a unique combination of human traits helped our species survive to colonize the globe

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More on Circular Base Found Corresponds to Ehecatl Quetzalcoatl Temple Location

February, 28 2010

Art Daily

Rests of a circular based temple that according to the reconstructive map of Mexica ceremonial center in Tenochtitlan, could be the most important dedicated to Ehecatl Quetzalcoatl, were discovered by National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) specialists in a plot located at the back of Metropolitan Cathedral.

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Ancient clams discovered by College of Wooster geologist reveal how Earth rebounded from mass extinc

February, 28 2010

Plain Dealer

College of Wooster geologist Mark Wilson uses a hand lens to study the fossil of a new family of clams he and colleagues discovered in Israel's Negev Desert. "A new species is always interesting," Wilson says. "A new genus is more interesting. But a new family, that doesn't happen very often." Dinosaur hunters get all the glory. When they find the fossils of a new prehistoric reptile, it's big news, trumpeted on newscasts, front pages and the covers of science journals.

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2,800 year old chestnut grove remains found in Nara

February, 28 2010

Mainichi Daily News

Stumps of chestnut trees from the Jomon Period are pictured at the Kannonji Honma archaeological site in Kashihara, Nara Prefecture. The remains of a chestnut grove planted by humans some 2,800 years ago has been discovered here, local education authorities have announced.

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Ancient signs of survival, carved in stone

February, 28 2010

Boston Globe

A tour guide chats with visitors at the entrance to Grotte de Pair-Non-Pair Well off the beaten path in the Aquitaine, Grotte de Pair Non Pair is one of the oldest decorated caves in the world. The walls are covered with carvings of bison, horses, goats, and mammoths dating to 30,000 BC.

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Can you help Salisbury Cathedral identify 15th century gothic text?

February, 28 2010

Inspire Magazine

Can you help Salisbury Cathedral identify 15th century gothic text? Gothic text recently discovered behind the Henry Hyde Monument on Salisbury Cathedral's south aisle wall, now thought to date from the 15th century, has some lines of text that experts have been unable to identify. The Cathedral is appealing for people to help solve the mystery.