Pre-verbal number sense common to monkeys, babies, college kids Basic arithmetic and "number sense" appear to be part of the shared evolutionary past of many primates; it's the use of language to explain abstractions that apparently takes human math to a higher level. view more (2009-02-13)
Remarkable double burial Archaeologist P.W. van den Broeke discovered this remarkable grave last summer when he was excavating a small Iron Age burialground. C-14 dating has pinpointed the burial in the fifth century BC. In the region cremations were predominant in this period. But for a short span of time some deceased were inhumated. The Iron Age burialground of Lent,... view more... (1999-03-18)
Discovery of an ancient civilization in the west of the Amazon Basin The western part of the Amazon basin is covered by tropical rainforest, severely eroded in places. The area is still largely unknown to archaeologists. It covers the lower eastern flanks of the Andean cordillera and extends from the piedmont down to the Amazon plain. It is in these twisting watershed areas that the River Amazon springs forth,... view more... (2003-07-08)
