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Early Humans Deliberately Recycled Flint To Create Tiny, Sharp Tools

By Tel Aviv University on May 29, 2019   Science/Education  

Early Humans Deliberately Recycled Flint To Create Tiny, Sharp Tools

  Exceptional conditions at Israel’s Qesem Cave preserved 400,000-year-old “tool kit,” TAU researchers say A new Tel Aviv University study finds that prehistoric humans “recycled” discarded or broken flint tools 400,000 years ago to create small, sharp utensils with specific functions. These recycled tools were then used with great precision and accuracy to perform specific tasks involved […]

Prehistoric Fish Trap and Petroglyphs Found on Kodiak Island

By Patrick Saltonstall | Alutiiq Museum on Jun 23, 2017   Featured, Rural, Southcentral  

Prehistoric Fish Trap and Petroglyphs Found on Kodiak Island

Alutiiq Museum archaeologists have located the remains of a stone fish trap and an associated set of petroglyphs on northern Kodiak Island. The features are believed to be prehistoric and reflect Alutiiq salmon fishing traditions. While petroglyphs are a well-known feature of Kodiak’s cultural landscape, the fish trap is a rare find. It is the […]

OU, BU and Smithsonian researchers investigate ancient species in Gulf of Alaska

By Jana Smith Oklahoma University, Remove term: Jana Smith Oklahoma University Jana Smith | University of Oklahoma on Dec 19, 2016   Featured, Science/Education, The Arctic and Alaska Science  

OU, BU and Smithsonian researchers investigate ancient species in Gulf of Alaska

  Invasive species have shaped island ecosystems and landscapes in the Gulf of Alaska, but their histories are unknown. In a study by the University of Oklahoma, Boston University and the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, researchers investigated the archaeological and genetic history of the Arctic ground squirrel on Chirikof Island, Alaska. This small mammal has […]

Mystery of the Glass Tool Kit in the Sand

By Ned Rozell | Geophysical Institute on Dec 10, 2015   Featured, The Arctic and Alaska Science  

Mystery of the Glass Tool Kit in the Sand

From space, the Nogahabara Dunes are a splotch of blond sand about six miles in diameter surrounded by green boreal forest. Located west of the Koyukuk River, the dunes are the site of an uncommon discovery. In 2001, biologists for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service were walking the dunes when they noticed the sand […]

Meet Pentecopterus, a New Predator from the Prehistoric Seas

By Jim Shelton | Yale News on Sep 17, 2015   Featured, Science/Education  

Meet Pentecopterus, a New Predator from the Prehistoric Seas

You don’t name a sea creature after an ancient Greek warship unless it’s built like a predator. That’s certainly true of the recently discovered Pentecopterus, a giant sea scorpion with the sleek features of a penteconter, one of the first Greek galley ships. A Yale University research team says Pentecopteruslived 467 million years ago and […]



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