Archaeology & Paleontology

Magazine articles on archaeology, paleontology, artifacts, prehistoric origins.

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Geotimes January 2007 Megan Sever	Even Closer to Finding Ithaca Researchers are several steps closer to finding Homer's Ithaca, thanks to new results released today from geologic tests that support the hypothesis that the ancient kingdom of Ithaca may in fact be on western Kefalonia.
Geotimes January 2007 Megan Sever	Finding Ithaca It appears that geology may help sort the facts from the fiction about Odysseus' homeland of Ithaca, just as it helped show that Troy existed.
Geotimes January 2007 Katherine Unger	Hominid Teeth Reveal a Broad Palate The early hominid Paranthropus robustus may have lost out to various species in the genus Homo in the evolutionary path that gave way to modern humans, but the species' failure can't be blamed on picky eating.
Geotimes January 2007 Carolyn Gramling	The Color of Crinoids Scientists have discovered complex organic molecules still preserved within 350-million-year-old crinoid fossils. Because the molecules are slightly different from species to species, the find could offer a new way to track the creatures' evolution through time.
Smithsonian January 2007 Dick Teresi	Paleozoic Vermont Peculiar as it may sound, Isle La Motte, which is some 175 miles from the Atlantic Coast, is the best place to see one of the oldest reefs on earth.
Geotimes December 2006 Kathryn Hansen	Paleontology: Missing Links Finding a Fishy Connection: Q&A with paleontologist Jenny Clack about the discovery of a 375-million-year-old complete specimen of Tiktaalik roseae in the Canadian Arctic.
Geotimes December 2006	Top Paleontology News Stories of 2006 Filling in hominid gaps... On the hominid migration trail... Probing into fossil details... Evolution back in schools?... etc.
Geotimes December 2006 Megan Sever	Dates Help Paint Picture of Early Migration Geologists and archaeologists are both trying to solve the puzzle of how and when the first settlers migrated to the Americas. New radiocarbon dates from marine sediments in the Arctic are helping geologists better create a timeline for their piece of the puzzle, which could in turn help archaeologists with their job.
Geotimes December 2006 Carolyn Gramling	Wobbling Earth Linked to Mammal Extinctions Periodic changes in Earth's orbit and tilt may be controlling the appearances and disappearances of mammal species, a new study suggests.
Smithsonian December 2006 Eric Jaffe	Old World, High Tech Using computer imaging techniques previously unavailable to researchers, a team led by mathematician Tony Freeth reconstructed an ancient Greek calendar that was ahead of its time.
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