Per leggere questo articolo occorrono 4 minuti Una nuova ricerca condotta da un team dell’Università di Liverpool e dell’Università di Aberystwyth ha scoperto, a Kalambo Falls, in Zambia, che mezzo milione di anni fa, prima di quanto si pensasse possibile, gli ominidi costruivano strutture in legno. La ricerca, pubblicata sulla …

NEW YORK, NEW YORK—According to an ArtNews report, the Metropolitan Museum of Art will transfer ownership of two artifacts in its collection to Yemen, although the artifacts will remain at the institution for now. The objects, dated to the third millennium B.C., were looted from the ancient city of Marib about …

MEXICO CITY, MEXICO—Live Science reports that two housing complexes have been found on the western Yucatán Peninsula at the site of the Maya city of Kabah by researchers from Mexico’s National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) ahead of the construction of the Maya Train railroad project. These are the …

LILLEHAMMER, NORWAY—An additional five pieces of stamped gold foil have been uncovered at Hov, a site discovered in eastern Norway in 1993, where a total of more than 30 such gold foil figures have been found, according to a Science Norway report. The area is now being excavated ahead of …

CÓRDOBA, SPAIN—According to a statement released by the Public Library of Science, researchers from the University of Bern and the University of Córdoba examined human remains found in the Cueva de los Marmoles, which is located in southern Spain. The remains came from at least 12 individuals, and have been …

The age-old narrative is familiar: Advanced extraterrestrials arrive on Earth, seemingly offering peace, only to harbor a hidden agenda that… The post Why First Contact with Aliens May Actually Benefit Humanity appeared first on Curiosmos. Source: Curiosmos

ALEXANDRIA, EGYPT—i24 News reports that a temple dedicated to the Greek goddess Aphrodite was discovered at the underwater site of the city of Thonis-Heracleion in Abu Qir Bay by a team of Egyptian and French archaeologists from the European Institute for Underwater Archaeology. Mostafa Waziri of Egypt’s Supreme Council of …

LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND—The Guardian reports that remains of a wooden structure built by hominins has been discovered near Zambia’s Kalambo Falls by a team of researchers led by Larry Barham of the University of Liverpool. The materials have been dated to least 476,000 years ago by team members from the University …

YORK, ENGLAND—According to a statement released by the University of York, a new analysis of collagen extracted from Viking hair combs by researchers from the University of York, University of Stockholm, the University of Barcelona, the Center for Baltic and Scandinavian Archaeology, and the Leibniz Center for Archaeology suggests trade …

When it comes to spotting advanced civilizations in the galaxy, we might be looking in the wrong place—or rather, the… The post Rethinking the Hunt for Dyson Spheres: Why Smaller and Hotter Could Be Better appeared first on Curiosmos. Source: Curiosmos