Bua A separate line of evidence that had bolstered the “hunter‑fire‑maker” image involved several charred Stegodon bone fragments recovered from Liang Bua. The new analysis of over 3,000 specimens identified only a single piece bearing signs of burning....

Radiocarbon dates from the nearby Ocotavi 1 site span 630–950 CE, mirroring the broader Tiwanaku expansion. Ceramic fragments recovered at the temple include classic Tiwanaku styles alongside pottery from the inter‑Andean valleys, suggesting the site...

Female Burial Highlights Prestige Dress and Ornamentation Adjacent to the princely tomb, a woman’s grave yielded textile fragments, decorative objects and footwear reinforced with metal fittings. Numerous fibulae—metal fasteners—were positioned around...

found matched their worst expectations: several drums were visibly deteriorating, with cement or bitumen cores exposed and fragments scattered across the surrounding seabed. Barrel of nuclear wastes – © Sibuet et al., 1985 Radiation Detected, Yet Life...

When Lord Qiu passed, his mourners deliberately altered the burial context. They dismantled the wooden rack, dispersed its fragments throughout the chamber, and clustered the bells in a disordered heap. The tomb’s intact condition rules out looting as a...

retrieved a bronze cannon marked “Sevilla,” a porcelain cup, three hand‑crafted gold macuquinas, and additional ceramic fragments from a depth of roughly 2,000 feet off Cartagena. The wreck, long hailed as the richest sunken treasure ever discovered,...

as a core economic activity. Among the finds were five iron restraints: a double wrist shackle, an ankle shackle and three fragments of additional devices. INRAP describes these items as “extremely rare” for the Late Iron Age, making them a standout...

stela from El Yesal. Credit: INAH Test pits within the Great Acropolis and the adjacent North Acropolis recovered pottery fragments attributed to the Mamom and Chicanel phases. These finds place the foundation of the settlement between roughly 600 BC...

Evolution The specimen, described in a paper published in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, consists of 181 bone fragments recovered from a single site within the Kaladongar Formation. The assemblage includes vertebrae, ribs, fore‑ and hind‑limb...

material history. A team of molecular biologists and archaeometrists applied cutting‑edge metagenomic sequencing to tiny fragments of the Shroud of Turin, aiming to map the microscopic life that has colonized the linen over centuries of exposure. DNA...

Sahara Excavations revealed a suite of artifacts—stone implements, pottery shards, ornamental beads, decorated eggshell fragments, animal bones, and charred plant remains—together with hearth residues that attest to domestic activities. Ancient stones,...

highlighted that many of the bodies were accompanied by military gear. Items recovered include spears, arrowheads, helmet fragments, segmented and scale armor, legionary buckles, coins and hobnail‑studied sandals. Everyday objects such as an axe, a...

that occurs beneath the arc’s submarine volcanoes. Glass Shards Record Deep‑Mantle Chemistry Scientists examined 66 glass fragments recovered from the Kermadec island chain and the adjacent Havre Trough in the South Pacific. Both locales sit above a...

the moons as well, but there’s still a lot of mystery.” Implications for Planetary Evolution If the inner moons are indeed fragments of larger, once‑existing satellites, they provide a rare laboratory for probing the internal composition of icy worlds...

or private collections. Inside, archaeologists recovered 27 smaller items—including glass beads, pendants, brooches, silk fragments, and a rock‑crystal jar wrapped in linen—arranged in a manner suggesting deliberate selection rather than a random hoard...

Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) provides some of the most compelling evidence to date that dying stars are accreting fragments of shattered rocky worlds, according to research released in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. The study...

ScienceAlert. Two-panel figure showing Antrim Shale sampling locations and well design ©The ISME Journal Beyond fungi, DNA fragments from rotifers, segmented worms, tardigrades, and nematodes were also detected, alongside signatures of microscopic...

large comet 109P/Swift‑Tuttle as it orbits the Sun. Each year, our planet intersects this stream, allowing countless tiny fragments to plunge into the atmosphere at extreme velocities. Upon entry, the particles heat up and generate glowing trails...

and personal letters to narrow the search area off the Isle of Wight. Their effort paid off when divers finally located fragments of the ship on the seabed, documenting the bow, stern steering section, ship’s bell, torpedo gear and ammunition. The...

and the Moon, supporting this line of reasoning. All three float rocks were collected along Jezero’s rim, in proximity to fragments interpreted as impact breccias—rock debris produced during the crater‑forming event. The discovery of corundum as tiny...