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The Neanderthals of a Cave in Northern Spain Were Already Making and Reusing Bone Tools in a Standardized and Planned Way

A team of researchers from the University of Burgos and the Atapuerca Foundation has published the first detailed analysis of the bone retouchers found in the Valdegoba cave, in the municipality of Huérmeces (Burgos). This site, occupied by Neanderthals during the Middle Paleolithic, has yielded 38 bone fragments that were used as tools to retouch […]

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Los neandertales de una cueva del norte de España ya fabricaban y reutilizaban herramientas de hueso de forma estandarizada y planificada

Un equipo de investigadores de la Universidad de Burgos y la Fundación Atapuerca ha publicado el primer análisis detallado de los retocadores de hueso hallados en la cueva de Valdegoba, en el municipio de Huérmeces (Burgos). Este yacimiento, ocupado por neandertales durante el Paleolítico Medio, ha proporcionado 38 fragmentos óseos que fueron utilizados como herramientas […]

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Discovery at Kom el-Khilgan: a necropolis spanning from the Predynastic Period to the Greco-Roman eras and a residential area from the Second Intermediate Period

The Egyptian archaeological mission under the authority of the Supreme Council of Antiquities has brought to light, during excavation work carried out in the archaeological area of Kom el-Khilgan, in the Dakahlia Governorate, a necropolis whose origins date back to the Predynastic Period and whose use continued through the Greek and Roman eras, together with […]

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Hallazgo en Kom el-Khilgan: una necrópolis que abarca desde el periodo predinástico hasta las épocas grecorromana y un área residencial del Segundo Periodo Intermedio

La misión arqueológica egipcia dependiente del Consejo Supremo de Antigüedades ha sacado a la luz, durante los trabajos de excavación desarrollados en la zona arqueológica de Kom el-Khilgan, en la gobernación de Dakahlia, una necrópolis cuyos orígenes se remontan al periodo predinástico y que prolonga su uso hasta las épocas griega y romana, junto con […]

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Ingenious System of Hidden Drainage Channels Discovered Beneath the Orchestra of the Roman Theater of Catania

Researchers from the University of Catania, in collaboration with the Archaeological Park of Catania and the Valley of the Aci, have located beneath the stage of the Teatro Antico a network of underground channels that in Roman times was used to intercept and evacuate groundwater toward the sea. The discovery, the result of a geoarchaeological […]

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Descubren un ingenioso sistema de canales de drenaje oculto bajo la orchestra del teatro romano de Catania

Investigadores de la Universidad de Catania, en colaboración con el Parque Arqueológico de Catania y del Valle del Aci, han localizado bajo el escenario del Teatro Antico una red de canales subterráneos que en época romana servía para interceptar y evacuar hacia el mar las aguas de la capa freática. El descubrimiento, fruto de un […]

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Scientists Discover that the Increase in Visual Information Was What Allowed the Development of Ape and Human Brains

The research, published in the journal Science, was led by Richard F. Kay, emeritus professor of Evolutionary Anthropology at the Trinity College of Arts & Sciences and at the Nicholas School of the Environment at Duke University. The work, which used a unique collection of skulls mostly from the Natural History Museum of the Duke […]

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New Fragments of a 480 Inscription Reveal Details of a Tax Corruption Scheme in the Late Roman Empire

The history of the Roman Empire is often told through the exploits of emperors and generals, but the mechanisms of daily administration and, especially, the relationships between central power and the provinces, constitute an equally revealing field of study to understand the dynamics of that civilization. In this context, the discovery and subsequent analysis of […]

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