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Showing posts with label Scotland. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Scotland. Show all posts
April 11, 2014

Scotland's first inhabitation pushed back to c. 14,000 years ago

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New archaeological evidence from South Lanarkshire push back the first colonization of Scotland to c. 14,000 years ago, quite earlier tha...
February 10, 2014

Neolithic and Chalcolithic demographics of Western and Northern Europe

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Somehow I missed this important study on the Neolithic and Chalcolithic demographics of Europe, as inferred from the archaeological record ...
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February 8, 2013

Large concentration of decorated stones found in the Scottish Highlands

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An area holding a dense concentration of stones with engraved "cup marks" has been unveiled near Evanton , Scotland. The discov...
August 30, 2012

Scotland: Maeshowe Chambered Cairn in 3D animation

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Orknejar reports on a 3D video-animation of this important megalithic monument, considered a major piece of which was probably a major rel...
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September 16, 2011

Echoes from the past (Sep 16)

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A. sediba Is Australopithecus sediba in fact Homo sediba? Both brain and hand (but also pelvis and ankle) make, in the opinion of some ...
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September 1, 2011

Echoes from the past (Sep 1)

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Franchthi cave Most are very interesting news that may deserve their own entries but I do not feel like writing so much right now: ...
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March 20, 2011

Violence among early Scotland farmers

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Early farmers of Scotland died violently ... but then they were buried in a monument, the Tomb of the Eagles (left), at Isbister. Out of 8...
October 29, 2010

Do health and reproductive drive cancel each other?

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This seems to be the case in a population of feral sheep from a remote Scottish island. Individuals with better immunity, and therefore long...
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October 9, 2010

Exceptionally preserved early Bronze Age burial near Perth (Scotland)

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Another Archaeo News ' link, this time to The Courier . An exceptionally preserved burial just south of Perth, Scotland, has been dug b...