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Ancient Nubians drank beer made from grains contaminated with antibiotics.Ancient Nubians drank antibiotic beer

Monday, 6 September 2010
A group of people who lived nearly 2000 years ago in Sudanese Nubia drank beer laced with tetracycline.
Subjects: pharmaceuticals, archaeology, microbiology

The researchers uncovered the evidence at Hilazon Tachtit Cave - a burial site in the Galilee region of northern Israel Communal feasts date back 12,000 years

Tuesday, 31 August 2010
Community feasts were probably a common occurrence among early humans, possibly predating the advent of agriculture, according to a new study.
Subjects: anthropology-and-sociology, archaeology Locations: israel, united-states

Controversy remains over the vulnerability of the engravings on the Dampier Archipelago Debate over industry impact on WA rock art

Thursday, 8 July 2010Article has photo slideshow
News analysis Experts are divided over whether a huge gallery of ancient Aboriginal rock art in Western Australia is withstanding the effect of industry in the area.
Subjects: indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, archaeology, earth-sciences, geology, newsanalysis Locations: melbourne-3000, burrup-6714, perth-6000, australian-national-university-0200

Triceratops lived around 68 to 65 million years ago in what is now North America. It was one of the last dinosaurs to appear before the great extinction eventDinosaur debate on for young and old

Tuesday, 1 June 2010 4 commentsArticle has audio
Great Moments in Science What is known about dinosaurs is increasing all the time. Dr Karl has been digging around to understand their rise and ultimate decline.
Subjects: archaeology, dinosaurs, fossils, palaeontology, greatmomentsinscience, drkarl, podcasts

Women could have made synthetic turquoise beads like these in home bread ovens, say researchers Synchrotron probes Egyptian beads

Tuesday, 18 May 2010
Not content with managing the household it appears women in Ancient Egypt were also keeping the budget in the black with some home-based manufacturing.
Subjects: archaeology, chemistry Locations: melbourne-3000, egypt, la-trobe-university-3086

The new species was an upright walker that shared many physical traits with the earliest known <em>Homo</em> species New species of human found in 'death trap'

Friday, 9 April 2010Article has videoArticle has photo slideshow
Remains of a new species of early human have been found in South Africa, at the base of what was once a network of underground caves, described by scientists as a "death trap".
Subjects: archaeology, fossils, evolution, palaeontology Locations: south-africa, australian-national-university-0200, university-of-new-south-wales-2052

One-way glass wonders and sticker scams

Thursday, 8 April 2010Article has audio
Dr Karl on triple j How does one-way glass work and can it be used to trap light? Do mobile phone anti-radiation stickers really work? How do trees know that it's time to lose their leaves in autumn?
Subjects: family-and-children, health, mens-health, pain, mobile-phones, tree, archaeology, astronomy-space, space-exploration, botany

New species: Scientists at the site of the discovery in SiberiaPre-history rewritten as new human discovered

Thursday, 25 March 2010Article has audio
Scientists in Germany have discovered a new human species that lived in Siberia around 30,000 to 50,000 years ago.
Subjects: science-and-technology, archaeology, palaeontology Locations: russian-federation

The excavation team at the site where the new stone tools were found Tools push back dates for humans on Flores

Thursday, 18 March 2010Article has audio
A new batch of stone tools suggest humans colonised the famous Indonesian 'hobbit' island of Flores much earlier than previously thought, say researchers.
Subjects: archaeology Locations: indonesia, university-of-wollongong-2522

The researchers found no evidence that Tutankhamen had feminine physiques as depicted in artefacts from the era King Tut had club foot, malaria: study

Wednesday, 17 February 2010
The celebrated pharaoh Tutankhamen had a club foot, walked with a cane and was killed by malaria, according to a study that used modern genetic testing and computer technology.
Subjects: history, malaria, archaeology, cloning-and-dna, genetics Locations: egypt

Artist's impression: the genome revealed physical traits including a tendency for baldnessScientists crack ancient iceman's DNA code

Thursday, 11 February 2010Article has audio
New research on a clump of hair found buried deep in the ice of Greenland has revealed a snapshot of what ancient man looked like.
Subjects: science-and-technology, archaeology, evolution, research, dna Locations: australia, wa, perth-6000, greenland

Researchers believe the short amount of time that megafauna and humans existed together is proof they were hunted to extinction Megafauna no match for humans: study

Friday, 22 January 2010Article has audio
Researchers claim there is now compelling evidence humans were responsible for the demise of Australia's megafauna.
Subjects: climate-change, archaeology, palaeontology, marsupials Locations: carinda-2831, the-university-of-sydney-2006, adelaide-university-5005

Researchers believe a sudden event - volcanic eruption or landslide - caused the lake to rise above the island Divers probe submerged Mayan ruins

Monday, 2 November 2009
Scuba divers are exploring a volcanic lake in Guatemala to find clues about an ancient sacred island where Mayan pilgrims flocked to worship before it was submerged.
Subjects: people, archaeology, social-sciences Locations: guatemala

A strip of gold bearing a Biblical inscription is seen amongst a hoard of Anglo-Saxon treasure named 'The Staffordshire Hoard' Anglo-Saxon treasure trove unearthed

Friday, 25 September 2009Article has video
An unemployed British man has unearthed the biggest hoard of Anglo-Saxon gold and silver ever found in a country field, according to archaeologists.
Subjects: history, archaeology Locations: united-kingdom

The finding is 'electrifying', say experts Suspected Trojan war-era couple found

Wednesday, 23 September 2009
Excavations in the ancient city of Troy in Turkey have found the remains of a man and a woman believed to have died in 1200 BC, at the time of the legendary Trojan war, says a German archaeologist.
Subjects: archaeology Locations: turkey

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