BREAKING NEWS:
The 2022 #NobelPrize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Svante Pääbo “for his discoveries concerning the genomes of extinct hominins and human evolution.”
The patterning on this Palaeolithic artifact is due to the forces experienced by the obsidian as it formed. The grey glass came first, became brittle, and fractured. The cracks were filled by still viscous obsidian, in which black magnetite grains oxidized to become red hematite.
From a new species of mosquito in the London Underground to genetically distinct rats in New York City, urban environments are transforming the animals that live in them. https://t.co/j9UvAASPGt
"#Archaeology: Why #context matters."
Pulling artifacts off the ground without documentation of the archaeological context … is like ripping an image from a book and tearing the rest if its pages into pieces. - You've got a nice picture, but miss the exciting actual story.
Archaeologists — including #PrincetonU's Deborah Vischak — identified a 5,000-year-old, industrial-scale brewery in southern Egypt with the capacity to produce enough beer to serve thousands of people in a single batch. https://t.co/dTGplzzHvi