New Climate Research in Remote South Pacific Caves
Researchers from the University of Alabama have been busy visiting the remote South Pacific island of Niue this summer to study climate change by venturing into the islands caves. What …
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New Research Finds French Cave Artists were Children
Cambridge University researchers who have recently developed a method to identify the gender and age of prehistoric artists put it to the test at France’s Rouffignac cave and discovered that …
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Romania’s Coliboaia Cave Home to Central Europe’s Oldest Cave Art
The oldest cave drawings in Central and Eastern Europe were found recently in Romania’s Coliboaia cave. Discovered by chance during a routine expedition in a very remote area in Apuseni …
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Weird Evolution of Cave Life Highlighted by Bloomberg
September 22, 2011A recent article by Bloomberg describes the strange evolution of cave critters to adapt them to living under the ground. The story begins by explaining that while most folks that …
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Giant Rat Discovered in East Timor Cave
September 11, 2011 / East Timor, AsiaArchaeological excavations within a cave in East Timor have uncovered the bones of the largest rat that ever lived. With a body weight of around six kilograms (13 pounds), this …
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Adult Female Neanderthal Skeleton Found at Sima de las Palomas
A team from the Spain’s University of Murcia has uncovered the first skeleton of adult female Neanderthal along the European Mediterranean coast. The excavation took place at the Sima de …
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Rare Peach Blossom Jellyfish Discovered in Chinese Cave
A rare type of freshwater jellyfish has been found in an underwater cave in southern China. Thousands of endangered freshwater jellyfish were discovered by a group of police officers conducting …
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New Study of Switzerland’s Plaine Morte Glacier
September 8, 2011 / Switzerland, EuropeA team of researchers from the universities of Bern, Freiburg and Lausanne recently began to try to answer the question; where does the melt water from Switzerland’s Plaine Morte glacier …
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New Research of Jersey Cave Reveals Near Continuous Neanderthal Use
September 7, 2011 / United Kingdom, EuropeNew investigations at a collapsed cave on the island of Jersey off France’s north coast reveals an almost continuous use by Neanderthals for over a quarter of a million years. …
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Tasmanian Tiger Footprints Found in Australia’s Jewel Cave
Cavers recently discovered the footprints of the extinct Tasmanian tiger in a cave in Western Australia. The extremely rare footprints were found in soft mud in Augusta’s Jewel Cave while …
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