WASHINGTON (AP).- Some of the earliest Americans turn out to have been artists. A bone fragment at least 13,000 years old, with the carved image of a mammoth or mastodon, has been discovered in Florida, a new study reports. While prehistoric art depic…
New Study Says Image of Ancient Mammoth or Mastodon Found on Bone
WASHINGTON (AP).- Some of the earliest Americans turn out to have been artists. A bone fragment at least 13,000 years old, with the carved image of a mammoth or mastodon, has been discovered in Florida, a new study reports. While prehistoric art depic…
New Hampshire’s Plymouth State University Plans Museum of the White Mountains
PLYMOUTH, NH (AP).- A hydrologist and a historian may seem like odd choices to co-author an art exhibition catalog, but it makes perfect sense at Plymouth State University. Professors Mark Green and Marcia Schmidt Blaine researched and wrote the expla…
New Hampshire’s Plymouth State University Plans Museum of the White Mountains
PLYMOUTH, NH (AP).- A hydrologist and a historian may seem like odd choices to co-author an art exhibition catalog, but it makes perfect sense at Plymouth State University. Professors Mark Green and Marcia Schmidt Blaine researched and wrote the expla…
Report from Cave Excavation Says Humans Mastered Tool Making 50,000 Earlier than Thought
CAPE TOWN (REUTERS).- A group of prehistoric people mastered a difficult and delicate process to sharpen stones into spears and knives at least 75,000 years ago, more than 50,000 years earlier than previously thought, according to a report. This techni…
Study: Audio Recordings of US History Fading Fast
WASHINGTON (AP).- New digital recordings of events in U.S. history and early radio shows are at risk of being lost much faster than older ones on tape and many are already gone, according to a study on sound released Wednesday. Even recent history …
Remains of Deadly European Dinosaur Discovered
By: Randolph E. Schmid, AP Science Writer
WASHINGTON (AP).- Around 70 million years ago a stocky dragon stalked what is now Romania. A new type of dinosaur similar to the frightening Velociraptor — but with two sharp claws on each foot instead of …