Scientists fight over fossil skull and bones of humanlike creature
"Unethical" and "illegal" were the terms Morwood used to describe the activities of Teuku Jacob of the Gadjah Mada University in Yogyakarta, Java. According to Morwood, Jacob visited the Flores cave last fall, "borrowed" many of the bones and only began returning them this year -- after sending some to scientists at the Max Planck Institute in Germany without permission.
And they had brains, too Tiny early 'hobbit' human was smart
Tiny pre-humans who lived on an Indonesian island until about 12,000 years ago had brains so surprisingly sophisticated that the creatures may represent a previously unrecognised species of early humans, or hominids, scientists report.
CAT scans of the inside of a skull -- among the bones of eight individuals found in a cave on the Indonesian island of Flores -- suggest brains that would have allowed advanced behaviour such as toolmaking, the international team of researchers said.
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Professor Teuku Jacob expresses alarm that anything could have possibly happened to the bones while in his possession:
Bulgarian Archaeologists in Search for Thracian King's Body
In the 2005 Bulgarian archaeologists will aim at discovering the body of the ancient Thracian king Seutus III, the archaeologist Georgi Kitov said Friday.
The archaeologists will search for the king's remains at the Goliamata Kosmatka tomb, where they found a bronze helmet with a sign reading that it has belonged to the ancient king.
Remains of 1,000-year-old building found in Nepal
A huge archaeological site believed to be over 1,000 years old and said to have been built by kings from Bengal has been discovered in Nepal, Xinhua says.
Archaeologists unearthed a huge structure with a 340-metre wall made of artistic bricks laid on a foundation of stone at Khoksar Prabaha village in Saptari district, 200 km southeast of here.
Stone age religion? Were cavemen painting for their gods?
The meaning of Ice Age art has been endlessly debated, but evidence is increasing that some was religiously motivated, says Paul Bahn
At least 70,000 years ago, our ancestors began to adorn their bodies with beads, pendants and perhaps tattoos; by 35,000 years ago, they had begun to paint and engrave animals, people and abstract motifs on cave walls, like those in Lascaux, France, and Altamira in Spain. They sculpted voluptuous figurines in ivory or stone, such as the Venus of Willendorf.
Underwater archaeology update Underwater arrowheads, tools dazzle Maritime historians
Archaeologists are showing off a treasure trove they call one of the most significant discoveries of Mi'kmaq artifacts in Nova Scotia.
Hundreds of arrowheads and tools, some 8,000 years old, were discovered last summer along the Mersey River, near Kejimkujik National Park in the southwest region of the province.
Workers from Nova Scotia Power were doing repairs to generating stations on the river. As water levels dropped in some areas, the riverbed was exposed for the first time since dams were built 70 years ago.
Whoops Archaeologist buried alive seeking relics
An Austrian archaeologist has been buried alive and killed after the pit he was working in collapsed in Salzburg, Austria.
Two women working with him were able to dig out from the dirt and call for help, but their 30-year-old colleague from a Salzburg museum suffocated, police said on Friday.
The archaeologists were looking for relics on a long-buried Roman farm that is now on the grounds of an industrial site.
A couple of anthropology stories of some interest
How time flies
For the Aymara people living in the Andes, the past lies ahead and the future lies behind. Laura Spinney looks at how different languages reflect, and shape, our conception of time
The old man shields his eyes against the fierce light of the Altiplano and considers the question. When he talks about his ancestors, does he mean the Incas? No, he replies in a sort of Spanish creole, he means his great-great-grandfather. And with his right hand he makes a rotating gesture up and forwards from his body. The Incas, he adds, came way earlier. And with the same hand he sweeps even further forward, towards the mountains on the horizon.
CSI: Gainesville
Lab reveals truths hidden in human bones
A case number written on a human skull identifies when it was found in the Everglades.
Anthony Falsetti picks it up, turns it over in his hands.
The skull's size tells him it is a woman's. The color is gray except for a brown area.
"See the dark part on the back," Falsetti said, pointing to the back of the skull. "That shows she was lying face up."
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