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Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum Holds Briefing
Director of the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH), Diego Prieto Hernandez, and Mexico's Culture Minister, Claudia Curiel de Icaza, hold a briefing on the Wixarika Route of Sacred Sites, recently inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List, at the National Palace in Mexico City, Mexico, on July 14, 2025. (Photo by Luis Barron/ Eyepix Group) (Photo by Eyepix/NurPhoto) -
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Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum Holds Briefing
Director of the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH), Diego Prieto Hernandez, is seen during a briefing on the Wixarika Route of Sacred Sites, recently inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List, at the National Palace in Mexico City, Mexico, on July 14, 2025. (Photo by Luis Barron/Eyepix Group) (Photo by Eyepix/NurPhoto) -
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Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum Holds Briefing
The Director of the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH), Diego Prieto Hernandez, and the President of the National Council to Prevent Discrimination, Claudia Morales Reza, participate in a briefing on the Wixarika Route of Sacred Sites, recently inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List, at the National Palace in Mexico City, Mexico, on July 14, 2025. (Photo by Luis Barron/Eyepix Group) -
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Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum Holds Briefing
Director of the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH), Diego Prieto Hernandez, is seen during a briefing on the Wixarika Route of Sacred Sites, recently inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List, at the National Palace in Mexico City, Mexico, on July 14, 2025. (Photo by Luis Barron/Eyepix Group) (Photo by Eyepix/NurPhoto) -
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Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum Holds Briefing
Lorena Vazquez Vallin, a researcher at the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH), talks about the commemoration of the 700th anniversary of the founding of Tenochtitlan, seeking to recover the historical memory at the National Palace in Mexico City, Mexico, on June 30, 2025. (Photo by Carlos Santiago/Eyepix Group) (Photo by Eyepix/NurPhoto) -
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Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum Holds Briefing
Diego Prieto, head of the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH), speaks during a briefing conference at the National Palace in Mexico City, Mexico, on May 30, 2025. (Photo by Carlos Santiago/Eyepix Group) (Photo by Eyepix/NurPhoto) -
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Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum Holds Briefing
Diego Prieto, head of the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH), speaks during a briefing conference at the National Palace in Mexico City, Mexico, on May 30, 2025. (Photo by Carlos Santiago/Eyepix Group) (Photo by Eyepix/NurPhoto) -
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International Museum Day
Visitors learn about the course of human evolution at the Yantai Branch of the Geological Museum of China in Yantai City, Shandong Province, China, on May 18, 2025. (Photo by Costfoto/NurPhoto) -
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(EyesOnSci)CHINA-JURASSIC FOSSIL DISCOVERY-ORIGIN OF BIRDS (CN)
(250213) -- BEIJING, Feb. 13, 2025 (Xinhua) -- This combo photo shows an image of the fossilized bird Baminornis zhenghensis (above) and a skeleton diagram. Chinese scientists have unearthed the oldest short-tailed bird fossil, dating back about 150 million years, in east China's Fujian Province. This suggests that birds might have originated earlier than previously thought.
The fossilized bird Baminornis zhenghensis was discovered in Zhenghe County, Fujian Province. Its short tail ends in a compound bone called the pygostyle, a feature uniquely present in modern birds. This indicates that the body structure of modern birds emerged in the Late Jurassic Period, 20 million years earlier than previously known.
The study, conducted by researchers from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP) and the Fujian Institute of Geological Survey, was published in the latest issue of the journal Nature. (Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology/Handout via Xinhua)
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(EyesOnSci)CHINA-JURASSIC FOSSIL DISCOVERY-ORIGIN OF BIRDS (CN)
(250213) -- BEIJING, Feb. 13, 2025 (Xinhua) -- This file photo taken on Oct. 21, 2023 shows researchers of the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP) under the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and of the Fujian Institute of Geological Survey (FIGS) working at a field survey and excavation site in Zhenghe County, southeast China's Fujian Province. Chinese scientists have unearthed the oldest short-tailed bird fossil, dating back about 150 million years, in east China's Fujian Province. This suggests that birds might have originated earlier than previously thought.
The fossilized bird Baminornis zhenghensis was discovered in Zhenghe County, Fujian Province. Its short tail ends in a compound bone called the pygostyle, a feature uniquely present in modern birds. This indicates that the body structure of modern birds emerged in the Late Jurassic Period, 20 million years earlier than previously known.
The study, conducted by researchers from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP) and the FIGS, was published in the latest issue of the journal Nature. (Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology/Handout via Xinhua)
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(EyesOnSci)CHINA-JURASSIC FOSSIL DISCOVERY-ORIGIN OF BIRDS (CN)
(250213) -- BEIJING, Feb. 13, 2025 (Xinhua) -- This file photo taken on Nov. 5, 2023 shows researchers of the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP) under the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and Fujian Institute of Geological Survey (FIGS) posing for a group photo at a field survey and excavation site in Zhenghe County, southeast China's Fujian Province. Chinese scientists have unearthed the oldest short-tailed bird fossil, dating back about 150 million years, in east China's Fujian Province. This suggests that birds might have originated earlier than previously thought.
The fossilized bird Baminornis zhenghensis was discovered in Zhenghe County, Fujian Province. Its short tail ends in a compound bone called the pygostyle, a feature uniquely present in modern birds. This indicates that the body structure of modern birds emerged in the Late Jurassic Period, 20 million years earlier than previously known.
The study, conducted by researchers from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP) and the FIGS, was published in the latest issue of the journal Nature. (Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology/Handout via Xinhua)
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(EyesOnSci)CHINA-JURASSIC FOSSIL DISCOVERY-ORIGIN OF BIRDS (CN)
(250213) -- BEIJING, Feb. 13, 2025 (Xinhua) -- This file drone photo taken on Nov. 9, 2024 shows a field survey and excavation site in Zhenghe County, southeast China's Fujian Province. Chinese scientists have unearthed the oldest short-tailed bird fossil, dating back about 150 million years, in east China's Fujian Province. This suggests that birds might have originated earlier than previously thought.
The fossilized bird Baminornis zhenghensis was discovered in Zhenghe County, Fujian Province. Its short tail ends in a compound bone called the pygostyle, a feature uniquely present in modern birds. This indicates that the body structure of modern birds emerged in the Late Jurassic Period, 20 million years earlier than previously known.
The study, conducted by researchers from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP) and the Fujian Institute of Geological Survey, was published in the latest issue of the journal Nature. (Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology/Handout via Xinhua)
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(EyesOnSci)CHINA-JURASSIC FOSSIL DISCOVERY-ORIGIN OF BIRDS (CN)
(250213) -- BEIJING, Feb. 13, 2025 (Xinhua) -- This file photo taken on Oct. 22, 2023 show Wang Min (R), a researcher with the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP) under the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), checking a sample at a field survey and excavation site in Zhenghe County, southeast China's Fujian Province. Chinese scientists have unearthed the oldest short-tailed bird fossil, dating back about 150 million years, in east China's Fujian Province. This suggests that birds might have originated earlier than previously thought.
The fossilized bird Baminornis zhenghensis was discovered in Zhenghe County, Fujian Province. Its short tail ends in a compound bone called the pygostyle, a feature uniquely present in modern birds. This indicates that the body structure of modern birds emerged in the Late Jurassic Period, 20 million years earlier than previously known.
The study, conducted by researchers from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP) and the Fujian Institute of Geological Survey, was published in the latest issue of the journal Nature. (Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology/Handout via Xinhua)
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(EyesOnSci)CHINA-JURASSIC FOSSIL DISCOVERY-ORIGIN OF BIRDS (CN)
(250213) -- BEIJING, Feb. 13, 2025 (Xinhua) -- This illustration shows a restored image of the fossilized bird Baminornis zhenghensis and Zhenghe Fauna. Chinese scientists have unearthed the oldest short-tailed bird fossil, dating back about 150 million years, in east China's Fujian Province. This suggests that birds might have originated earlier than previously thought.
The fossilized bird Baminornis zhenghensis was discovered in Zhenghe County, Fujian Province. Its short tail ends in a compound bone called the pygostyle, a feature uniquely present in modern birds. This indicates that the body structure of modern birds emerged in the Late Jurassic Period, 20 million years earlier than previously known.
The study, conducted by researchers from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP) and the FIGS, was published in the latest issue of the journal Nature. (Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology/Handout via Xinhua)
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Les empreintes de pas de deux espèces humaines distinctes, vieilles de 1,5 million d’années, retrouvées près du lac Turkana (Kenya)
Picture MUST credit: Kevin Hatala/Chatham University The 1.5 million year old footprints of two distinct human species made reveal they eked out an existence side by side. The fossilised prints were made along the shore of what is now Lake Turkana in Kenya, They were preserved in mud along with the prints of giant birds that also occupied the area. Scientists say the human prints were made by Homo erectus and Paranthropus boisei, long-extinct species. According to the research team, if the two species didn’t overlap at the site, they crossed it within hours of one another. The team used cutting-edge 3D imaging technologies to create an entirely new way to look at footprints. Homo erectus made its way out of Africa as far as eastern Asia and only went extinct about 110,000 years ago. Paranthropus boisei died out around 1.2 million years ago—shortly after it made tracks on the ancient Kenyan lakeshore. Both species walked upright and agile. The prints were found in 2021 and excavated the following summer. Picture supplied by JLPPA
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Les empreintes de pas de deux espèces humaines distinctes, vieilles de 1,5 million d’années, retrouvées près du lac Turkana (Kenya)
Picture MUST credit: Kevin Hatala/Chatham University The 1.5 million year old footprints of two distinct human species made reveal they eked out an existence side by side. The fossilised prints were made along the shore of what is now Lake Turkana in Kenya, They were preserved in mud along with the prints of giant birds that also occupied the area. Scientists say the human prints were made by Homo erectus and Paranthropus boisei, long-extinct species. According to the research team, if the two species didn’t overlap at the site, they crossed it within hours of one another. The team used cutting-edge 3D imaging technologies to create an entirely new way to look at footprints. Homo erectus made its way out of Africa as far as eastern Asia and only went extinct about 110,000 years ago. Paranthropus boisei died out around 1.2 million years ago—shortly after it made tracks on the ancient Kenyan lakeshore. Both species walked upright and agile. The prints were found in 2021 and excavated the following summer. Picture supplied by JLPPA
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Les empreintes de pas de deux espèces humaines distinctes, vieilles de 1,5 million d’années, retrouvées près du lac Turkana (Kenya)
Picture MUST credit: Kevin Hatala/Chatham University The 1.5 million year old footprints of two distinct human species made reveal they eked out an existence side by side. The fossilised prints were made along the shore of what is now Lake Turkana in Kenya, They were preserved in mud along with the prints of giant birds that also occupied the area. Scientists say the human prints were made by Homo erectus and Paranthropus boisei, long-extinct species. According to the research team, if the two species didn’t overlap at the site, they crossed it within hours of one another. The team used cutting-edge 3D imaging technologies to create an entirely new way to look at footprints. Homo erectus made its way out of Africa as far as eastern Asia and only went extinct about 110,000 years ago. Paranthropus boisei died out around 1.2 million years ago—shortly after it made tracks on the ancient Kenyan lakeshore. Both species walked upright and agile. The prints were found in 2021 and excavated the following summer. Picture supplied by JLPPA
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Fossil footprints show two human species lived side by side
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Picture MUST credit: Kevin Hatala/Chatham University
The 1.5 million year old footprints of two distinct human species made reveal they eked out an existence side by side.
The fossilised prints were made along the shore of what is now Lake Turkana in Kenya,
They were preserved in mud along with the prints of giant birds that also occupied the area.
Scientists say the human prints were made by Homo erectus and Paranthropus boisei, long-extinct species.
According to the research team, if the two species didn’t overlap at the site, they crossed it within hours of one another.
The team used cutting-edge 3D imaging technologies to create an entirely new way to look at footprints.
Homo erectus made its way out of Africa as far as eastern Asia and only went extinct about 110,000 years ago.
Paranthropus boisei died out around 1.2 million years ago—shortly after it made tracks on the ancient Kenyan lakeshore.
Both species walked upright and agile.
The prints were found in 2021 and excavated the following summer.
OPS:A 3D computerized model of the surface of the area near Lake Turkana in Kenya shows fossil footprints of Paranthropus boisei (vertical footprints) with separate footprints of Homo erectus forming a perpendicular path.
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Fossil footprints show two human species lived side by side
Ferrari Press Agency
Footprints 1
Ref 16354
29/11/2024
See Ferrari text
Picture MUST credit: Kevin Hatala/Chatham University
The 1.5 million year old footprints of two distinct human species made reveal they eked out an existence side by side.
The fossilised prints were made along the shore of what is now Lake Turkana in Kenya,
They were preserved in mud along with the prints of giant birds that also occupied the area.
Scientists say the human prints were made by Homo erectus and Paranthropus boisei, long-extinct species.
According to the research team, if the two species didn’t overlap at the site, they crossed it within hours of one another.
The team used cutting-edge 3D imaging technologies to create an entirely new way to look at footprints.
Homo erectus made its way out of Africa as far as eastern Asia and only went extinct about 110,000 years ago.
Paranthropus boisei died out around 1.2 million years ago—shortly after it made tracks on the ancient Kenyan lakeshore.
Both species walked upright and agile.
The prints were found in 2021 and excavated the following summer.
OPS:Fossilised footprint of Homo erectus
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Fossil footprints show two human species lived side by side
Ferrari Press Agency
Footprints 1
Ref 16354
29/11/2024
See Ferrari text
Picture MUST credit: Kevin Hatala/Chatham University
The 1.5 million year old footprints of two distinct human species made reveal they eked out an existence side by side.
The fossilised prints were made along the shore of what is now Lake Turkana in Kenya,
They were preserved in mud along with the prints of giant birds that also occupied the area.
Scientists say the human prints were made by Homo erectus and Paranthropus boisei, long-extinct species.
According to the research team, if the two species didn’t overlap at the site, they crossed it within hours of one another.
The team used cutting-edge 3D imaging technologies to create an entirely new way to look at footprints.
Homo erectus made its way out of Africa as far as eastern Asia and only went extinct about 110,000 years ago.
Paranthropus boisei died out around 1.2 million years ago—shortly after it made tracks on the ancient Kenyan lakeshore.
Both species walked upright and agile.
The prints were found in 2021 and excavated the following summer.
OPS:Fossilised footprint of Paranthropus boisei
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Hidden London: The city's Roman amphitheatre. London's Roman Amphitheatre at Guildhall.
London's answer to Rome's big ring lies right below our feet.
Rome gets all the glory when it comes to amphitheatres. But did you know that we have London's answer right here below our feet?
Tucked away in the Guildhall Art Gallery. Enter a quiet plaza with a ring of dark stone set into the pavement, tracing where London's Roman Amphitheatre once stood. Bits of it are, amazingly, still standing, but you must descend into the bowels of the gallery to find it.
London's Roman Amphitheatre at Guildhall, east London.
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Hidden London: The city's Roman amphitheatre. London's Roman Amphitheatre at Guildhall.
London's answer to Rome's big ring lies right below our feet.
Rome gets all the glory when it comes to amphitheatres. But did you know that we have London's answer right here below our feet?
Tucked away in the Guildhall Art Gallery. Enter a quiet plaza with a ring of dark stone set into the pavement, tracing where London's Roman Amphitheatre once stood. Bits of it are, amazingly, still standing, but you must descend into the bowels of the gallery to find it.
London's Roman Amphitheatre at Guildhall, east London.
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Hidden London: The city's Roman amphitheatre. London's Roman Amphitheatre at Guildhall.
London's answer to Rome's big ring lies right below our feet.
Rome gets all the glory when it comes to amphitheatres. But did you know that we have London's answer right here below our feet?
Tucked away in the Guildhall Art Gallery. Enter a quiet plaza with a ring of dark stone set into the pavement, tracing where London's Roman Amphitheatre once stood. Bits of it are, amazingly, still standing, but you must descend into the bowels of the gallery to find it.
London's Roman Amphitheatre at Guildhall, east London.
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Hidden London: The city's Roman amphitheatre. London's Roman Amphitheatre at Guildhall.
London's answer to Rome's big ring lies right below our feet.
Rome gets all the glory when it comes to amphitheatres. But did you know that we have London's answer right here below our feet?
Tucked away in the Guildhall Art Gallery. Enter a quiet plaza with a ring of dark stone set into the pavement, tracing where London's Roman Amphitheatre once stood. Bits of it are, amazingly, still standing, but you must descend into the bowels of the gallery to find it.
London's Roman Amphitheatre at Guildhall, east London.
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Hidden London: The city's Roman amphitheatre. London's Roman Amphitheatre at Guildhall.
London's answer to Rome's big ring lies right below our feet.
Rome gets all the glory when it comes to amphitheatres. But did you know that we have London's answer right here below our feet?
Tucked away in the Guildhall Art Gallery. Enter a quiet plaza with a ring of dark stone set into the pavement, tracing where London's Roman Amphitheatre once stood. Bits of it are, amazingly, still standing, but you must descend into the bowels of the gallery to find it.
London's Roman Amphitheatre at Guildhall, east London.
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Hidden London: The city's Roman amphitheatre. London's Roman Amphitheatre at Guildhall.
London's answer to Rome's big ring lies right below our feet.
Rome gets all the glory when it comes to amphitheatres. But did you know that we have London's answer right here below our feet?
Tucked away in the Guildhall Art Gallery. Enter a quiet plaza with a ring of dark stone set into the pavement, tracing where London's Roman Amphitheatre once stood. Bits of it are, amazingly, still standing, but you must descend into the bowels of the gallery to find it.
London's Roman Amphitheatre at Guildhall, east London.
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Hidden London: The city's Roman amphitheatre. London's Roman Amphitheatre at Guildhall.
London's answer to Rome's big ring lies right below our feet.
Rome gets all the glory when it comes to amphitheatres. But did you know that we have London's answer right here below our feet?
Tucked away in the Guildhall Art Gallery. Enter a quiet plaza with a ring of dark stone set into the pavement, tracing where London's Roman Amphitheatre once stood. Bits of it are, amazingly, still standing, but you must descend into the bowels of the gallery to find it.
London's Roman Amphitheatre at Guildhall, east London.
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Hidden London: The city's Roman amphitheatre. London's Roman Amphitheatre at Guildhall.
London's answer to Rome's big ring lies right below our feet.
Rome gets all the glory when it comes to amphitheatres. But did you know that we have London's answer right here below our feet?
Tucked away in the Guildhall Art Gallery. Enter a quiet plaza with a ring of dark stone set into the pavement, tracing where London's Roman Amphitheatre once stood. Bits of it are, amazingly, still standing, but you must descend into the bowels of the gallery to find it.
London's Roman Amphitheatre at Guildhall, east London.
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Hidden London: The city's Roman amphitheatre. London's Roman Amphitheatre at Guildhall.
London's answer to Rome's big ring lies right below our feet.
Rome gets all the glory when it comes to amphitheatres. But did you know that we have London's answer right here below our feet?
Tucked away in the Guildhall Art Gallery. Enter a quiet plaza with a ring of dark stone set into the pavement, tracing where London's Roman Amphitheatre once stood. Bits of it are, amazingly, still standing, but you must descend into the bowels of the gallery to find it.
London's Roman Amphitheatre at Guildhall, east London.
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Hidden London: The city's Roman amphitheatre. London's Roman Amphitheatre at Guildhall.
London's answer to Rome's big ring lies right below our feet.
Rome gets all the glory when it comes to amphitheatres. But did you know that we have London's answer right here below our feet?
Tucked away in the Guildhall Art Gallery. Enter a quiet plaza with a ring of dark stone set into the pavement, tracing where London's Roman Amphitheatre once stood. Bits of it are, amazingly, still standing, but you must descend into the bowels of the gallery to find it.
London's Roman Amphitheatre at Guildhall, east London.
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Heather Middleton discovered thousands of fossils after retiring. Now she is nearly 80 and still going strong
Heather Middleton built up a collection from a beach in Weymouth that could help to establish what biodiversity in the UK was like over the course of millions of years.
Heather Middleton in the museum she has assembled in a spare bedroom of her house.
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Heather Middleton discovered thousands of fossils after retiring. Now she is nearly 80 and still going strong
Heather Middleton built up a collection from a beach in Weymouth that could help to establish what biodiversity in the UK was like over the course of millions of years.
The museum Heather has assembled in a spare bedroom of her house.
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Heather Middleton discovered thousands of fossils after retiring. Now she is nearly 80 and still going strong
Heather Middleton built up a collection from a beach in Weymouth that could help to establish what biodiversity in the UK was like over the course of millions of years.
Heather Middleton looks for fossils at the beach near her main fossiling site in Weymouth.
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Heather Middleton discovered thousands of fossils after retiring. Now she is nearly 80 and still going strong
Heather Middleton built up a collection from a beach in Weymouth that could help to establish what biodiversity in the UK was like over the course of millions of years.
A fossil that was previously found on the site.
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Oldest footprints ever found in North America confirmed
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Human footprints made in the last Ice Age , 20,000 years ago have been confirmed as the oldest ever found in North America.
For decades it was believed that the first humans in North America were a from a culture called Clovis by anthropologists.
Evidence placing them on the continent as far back as 13,000 years ago.
However, new testing confirms age of oldest human footprints in North America.
The testing came after archeologists caused a stir with the announcement in 2021 they had found a set of fossilised human footprints in the White Sands area of New Mexico dating aback around 20,000 years.
The announcement and results of the dating methodology used sparked dissent in the scientific community over the accuracy.
The controversy centred on the accuracy of the original ages, which were obtained by radiocarbon dating.
The age of the White Sands footprints was initially determined by dating seeds of the common aquatic plant Ruppia cirrhosa found in the fossilised impressions.
But aquatic plants can acquire carbon from dissolved carbon atoms in the water rather than ambient air, which can potentially cause the measured ages to be too old.
But now a new study by the US Geological Survey along with the UK’s Bournemouth University has confirmed the original age calculation.
OPS: Prints at base of an archaeological trench, White Sands National Park, New Mexico
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Oldest footprints ever found in North America confirmed
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Pictures MUST credit: USGS
Human footprints made in the last Ice Age , 20,000 years ago have been confirmed as the oldest ever found in North America.
For decades it was believed that the first humans in North America were a from a culture called Clovis by anthropologists.
Evidence placing them on the continent as far back as 13,000 years ago.
However, new testing confirms age of oldest human footprints in North America.
The testing came after archeologists caused a stir with the announcement in 2021 they had found a set of fossilised human footprints in the White Sands area of New Mexico dating aback around 20,000 years.
The announcement and results of the dating methodology used sparked dissent in the scientific community over the accuracy.
The controversy centred on the accuracy of the original ages, which were obtained by radiocarbon dating.
The age of the White Sands footprints was initially determined by dating seeds of the common aquatic plant Ruppia cirrhosa found in the fossilised impressions.
But aquatic plants can acquire carbon from dissolved carbon atoms in the water rather than ambient air, which can potentially cause the measured ages to be too old.
But now a new study by the US Geological Survey along with the UK’s Bournemouth University has confirmed the original age calculation.
OPS: Footprints at the base of trench in White Sands National Park in New Mexico
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Oldest footprints ever found in North America confirmed
Ferrari Press Agency
Footprints 1
Ref 15166
09/10/2023
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Pictures MUST credit: USGS, NPS, Bournemouth University
Human footprints made in the last Ice Age , 20,000 years ago have been confirmed as the oldest ever found in North America.
For decades it was believed that the first humans in North America were a from a culture called Clovis by anthropologists.
Evidence placing them on the continent as far back as 13,000 years ago.
However, new testing confirms age of oldest human footprints in North America.
The testing came after archeologists caused a stir with the announcement in 2021 they had found a set of fossilised human footprints in the White Sands area of New Mexico dating aback around 20,000 years.
The announcement and results of the dating methodology used sparked dissent in the scientific community over the accuracy.
The controversy centred on the accuracy of the original ages, which were obtained by radiocarbon dating.
The age of the White Sands footprints was initially determined by dating seeds of the common aquatic plant Ruppia cirrhosa found in the fossilised impressions.
But aquatic plants can acquire carbon from dissolved carbon atoms in the water rather than ambient air, which can potentially cause the measured ages to be too old.
But now a new study by the US Geological Survey along with the UK’s Bournemouth University has confirmed the original age calculation.
OPS: Some of the fossilised footprints in White Sands National Park.
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Oldest footprints ever found in North America confirmed
Ferrari Press Agency
Footprints 1
Ref 15166
09/10/2023
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Pictures MUST credit: USGS, NPS, Bournemouth University
Human footprints made in the last Ice Age , 20,000 years ago have been confirmed as the oldest ever found in North America.
For decades it was believed that the first humans in North America were a from a culture called Clovis by anthropologists.
Evidence placing them on the continent as far back as 13,000 years ago.
However, new testing confirms age of oldest human footprints in North America.
The testing came after archeologists caused a stir with the announcement in 2021 they had found a set of fossilised human footprints in the White Sands area of New Mexico dating aback around 20,000 years.
The announcement and results of the dating methodology used sparked dissent in the scientific community over the accuracy.
The controversy centred on the accuracy of the original ages, which were obtained by radiocarbon dating.
The age of the White Sands footprints was initially determined by dating seeds of the common aquatic plant Ruppia cirrhosa found in the fossilised impressions.
But aquatic plants can acquire carbon from dissolved carbon atoms in the water rather than ambient air, which can potentially cause the measured ages to be too old.
But now a new study by the US Geological Society along with the UK’s Bournemouth University has confirmed the original age calculation.
OPS: Some of the fossilised footprints in White Sands National Park.
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Oldest footprints ever found in North America confirmed
Ferrari Press Agency
Footprints 1
Ref 15166
09/10/2023
See Ferrari text
Pictures MUST credit: USGS
Human footprints made in the last Ice Age , 20,000 years ago have been confirmed as the oldest ever found in North America.
For decades it was believed that the first humans in North America were a from a culture called Clovis by anthropologists.
Evidence placing them on the continent as far back as 13,000 years ago.
However, new testing confirms age of oldest human footprints in North America.
The testing came after archeologists caused a stir with the announcement in 2021 they had found a set of fossilised human footprints in the White Sands area of New Mexico dating aback around 20,000 years.
The announcement and results of the dating methodology used sparked dissent in the scientific community over the accuracy.
The controversy centred on the accuracy of the original ages, which were obtained by radiocarbon dating.
The age of the White Sands footprints was initially determined by dating seeds of the common aquatic plant Ruppia cirrhosa found in the fossilised impressions.
But aquatic plants can acquire carbon from dissolved carbon atoms in the water rather than ambient air, which can potentially cause the measured ages to be too old.
But now a new study by the US Geological Society along with the UK’s Bournemouth University has confirmed the original age calculation.
OPS: Prints at base of an archaeological trench, White Sands National Park, New Mexico
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Oldest footprints ever found in North America confirmed
Ferrari Press Agency
Footprints 1
Ref 15166
09/10/2023
See Ferrari text
Pictures MUST credit: USGS
Human footprints made in the last Ice Age , 20,000 years ago have been confirmed as the oldest ever found in North America.
For decades it was believed that the first humans in North America were a from a culture called Clovis by anthropologists.
Evidence placing them on the continent as far back as 13,000 years ago.
However, new testing confirms age of oldest human footprints in North America.
The testing came after archeologists caused a stir with the announcement in 2021 they had found a set of fossilised human footprints in the White Sands area of New Mexico dating aback around 20,000 years.
The announcement and results of the dating methodology used sparked dissent in the scientific community over the accuracy.
The controversy centred on the accuracy of the original ages, which were obtained by radiocarbon dating.
The age of the White Sands footprints was initially determined by dating seeds of the common aquatic plant Ruppia cirrhosa found in the fossilised impressions.
But aquatic plants can acquire carbon from dissolved carbon atoms in the water rather than ambient air, which can potentially cause the measured ages to be too old.
But now a new study by the US Geological Society along with the UK’s Bournemouth University has confirmed the original age calculation.
OPS: Footprints at the base of trench in White Sands National Park in New Mexico
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Battle for the past: the Ukrainians trying to save their archaeological treasure amid war
In Ukraine's history-rich east, the war with Russia is hastening both historical discoveries and the destruction of treasures.
Ukraine is a country spectacularly rich in ancient archaeology, whether of the Scythians, with their horses and finely worked gold, who ranged across the steppes from the ninth to second centuries BC, or of the intriguing stone age Cucuteni-Trypillia culture, which produced remarkable, elaborately decorated ceramics and huge, city-scale "megasites", or of the Greeks, who established trading emporiums on the Black Sea coast.
But in a country with already limited resources for cultural protection, Russia's full-scale invasion has meant an onslaught of destruction to this rich record of the past.
Archaeologist Serhii Telizhenko at his office in Ukraine's Institute of Archaeology in Kyiv.
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Battle for the past: the Ukrainians trying to save their archaeological treasure amid war
In Ukraine's history-rich east, the war with Russia is hastening both historical discoveries and the destruction of treasures.
Ukraine is a country spectacularly rich in ancient archaeology, whether of the Scythians, with their horses and finely worked gold, who ranged across the steppes from the ninth to second centuries BC, or of the intriguing stone age Cucuteni-Trypillia culture, which produced remarkable, elaborately decorated ceramics and huge, city-scale "megasites", or of the Greeks, who established trading emporiums on the Black Sea coast.
But in a country with already limited resources for cultural protection, Russia's full-scale invasion has meant an onslaught of destruction to this rich record of the past.
Flint fragments gathered at the Institute of Archaeology at the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine.
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Battle for the past: the Ukrainians trying to save their archaeological treasure amid war
In Ukraine's history-rich east, the war with Russia is hastening both historical discoveries and the destruction of treasures.
Ukraine is a country spectacularly rich in ancient archaeology, whether of the Scythians, with their horses and finely worked gold, who ranged across the steppes from the ninth to second centuries BC, or of the intriguing stone age Cucuteni-Trypillia culture, which produced remarkable, elaborately decorated ceramics and huge, city-scale "megasites", or of the Greeks, who established trading emporiums on the Black Sea coast.
But in a country with already limited resources for cultural protection, Russia's full-scale invasion has meant an onslaught of destruction to this rich record of the past.
Telizhenko with a large flint tool.
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Battle for the past: the Ukrainians trying to save their archaeological treasure amid war
In Ukraine's history-rich east, the war with Russia is hastening both historical discoveries and the destruction of treasures.
Ukraine is a country spectacularly rich in ancient archaeology, whether of the Scythians, with their horses and finely worked gold, who ranged across the steppes from the ninth to second centuries BC, or of the intriguing stone age Cucuteni-Trypillia culture, which produced remarkable, elaborately decorated ceramics and huge, city-scale "megasites", or of the Greeks, who established trading emporiums on the Black Sea coast.
But in a country with already limited resources for cultural protection, Russia's full-scale invasion has meant an onslaught of destruction to this rich record of the past.
Archaeologist Serhii Telizhenko at his office in Ukraine's Institute of Archaeology in Kyiv.
Telizhenko studying open source satellite imagery.
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Battle for the past: the Ukrainians trying to save their archaeological treasure amid war
In Ukraine's history-rich east, the war with Russia is hastening both historical discoveries and the destruction of treasures.
Ukraine is a country spectacularly rich in ancient archaeology, whether of the Scythians, with their horses and finely worked gold, who ranged across the steppes from the ninth to second centuries BC, or of the intriguing stone age Cucuteni-Trypillia culture, which produced remarkable, elaborately decorated ceramics and huge, city-scale "megasites", or of the Greeks, who established trading emporiums on the Black Sea coast.
But in a country with already limited resources for cultural protection, Russia's full-scale invasion has meant an onslaught of destruction to this rich record of the past.
Archaeologist Serhii Telizhenko at his office in Ukraine's Institute of Archaeology in Kyiv.
Telizhenko studying open source satellite imagery.
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'We can't take any of this for granted': Gaza's fight to keep its treasures safe at home
Local archaeologists dedicate their lives to protect priceless artefacts from smugglers, Hamas and Israeli attacks in a land at history's crossroads.
You almost can't move for ancient treasures in the tiny blockaded strip of Gaza. Fishers, farmers and construction workers regularly uncover elements of Gaza's 5,000-year-old past in the course of a day's work.
In 2013, a priceless life-size bronze statue of Apollo was supposedly found in the Mediterranean by a fisher, who said he was afraid at first he had stumbled across a body in the shallows; last year, a farmer planting trees unearthed an exceptionally beautiful Byzantine mosaic floor of birds and animals, its colours still bright.
Gaza's image today is that of a place of war and suffering. The forces that make life a misery for the 25.5 mile by 7.5 mile enclave’s population of 2.3 million people also threaten its rich history: valuable items can be seized by Hamas, the militant group that controls the strip, or sold by smugglers to collectors abroad. There is little funding and equipment to adequately excavate or maintain historical sites. Sometimes they are damaged in Israeli offensives.
A clutch of dedicated archaeologists and activists in the strip, however, is determined not to let Gaza's contributions to civilisation be forgotten, working hard to preserve the area's ancient past despite the many challenges they face.
Fadel Al-Atol, a specialist in the restoration and maintenance of antiquities, works on cleaning the antiquities inside a warehouse for the outputs of the archaeological excavation in Gaza City, August 17, 2023.
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'We can't take any of this for granted': Gaza's fight to keep its treasures safe at home
Local archaeologists dedicate their lives to protect priceless artefacts from smugglers, Hamas and Israeli attacks in a land at history's crossroads.
You almost can't move for ancient treasures in the tiny blockaded strip of Gaza. Fishers, farmers and construction workers regularly uncover elements of Gaza's 5,000-year-old past in the course of a day's work.
In 2013, a priceless life-size bronze statue of Apollo was supposedly found in the Mediterranean by a fisher, who said he was afraid at first he had stumbled across a body in the shallows; last year, a farmer planting trees unearthed an exceptionally beautiful Byzantine mosaic floor of birds and animals, its colours still bright.
Gaza's image today is that of a place of war and suffering. The forces that make life a misery for the 25.5 mile by 7.5 mile enclave’s population of 2.3 million people also threaten its rich history: valuable items can be seized by Hamas, the militant group that controls the strip, or sold by smugglers to collectors abroad. There is little funding and equipment to adequately excavate or maintain historical sites. Sometimes they are damaged in Israeli offensives.
A clutch of dedicated archaeologists and activists in the strip, however, is determined not to let Gaza's contributions to civilisation be forgotten, working hard to preserve the area's ancient past despite the many challenges they face.
Fadel Al-Atol, a specialist in the restoration and maintenance of antiquities, works on cleaning the antiquities inside a warehouse for the outputs of the archaeological excavation in Gaza City, August 17, 2023.
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'We can't take any of this for granted': Gaza's fight to keep its treasures safe at home
Local archaeologists dedicate their lives to protect priceless artefacts from smugglers, Hamas and Israeli attacks in a land at history's crossroads.
You almost can't move for ancient treasures in the tiny blockaded strip of Gaza. Fishers, farmers and construction workers regularly uncover elements of Gaza's 5,000-year-old past in the course of a day's work.
In 2013, a priceless life-size bronze statue of Apollo was supposedly found in the Mediterranean by a fisher, who said he was afraid at first he had stumbled across a body in the shallows; last year, a farmer planting trees unearthed an exceptionally beautiful Byzantine mosaic floor of birds and animals, its colours still bright.
Gaza's image today is that of a place of war and suffering. The forces that make life a misery for the 25.5 mile by 7.5 mile enclave’s population of 2.3 million people also threaten its rich history: valuable items can be seized by Hamas, the militant group that controls the strip, or sold by smugglers to collectors abroad. There is little funding and equipment to adequately excavate or maintain historical sites. Sometimes they are damaged in Israeli offensives.
A clutch of dedicated archaeologists and activists in the strip, however, is determined not to let Gaza's contributions to civilisation be forgotten, working hard to preserve the area's ancient past despite the many challenges they face.
Fadl Al-Hol is moving boxes Inside it are pottery pieces that are stored after the sorting process according to the type and archaeological layer in which they were found, inside a warehouse for the outputs of the archaeological excavation in Gaza City, August 17, 2023.
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'We can't take any of this for granted': Gaza's fight to keep its treasures safe at home
Local archaeologists dedicate their lives to protect priceless artefacts from smugglers, Hamas and Israeli attacks in a land at history's crossroads.
You almost can't move for ancient treasures in the tiny blockaded strip of Gaza. Fishers, farmers and construction workers regularly uncover elements of Gaza's 5,000-year-old past in the course of a day's work.
In 2013, a priceless life-size bronze statue of Apollo was supposedly found in the Mediterranean by a fisher, who said he was afraid at first he had stumbled across a body in the shallows; last year, a farmer planting trees unearthed an exceptionally beautiful Byzantine mosaic floor of birds and animals, its colours still bright.
Gaza's image today is that of a place of war and suffering. The forces that make life a misery for the 25.5 mile by 7.5 mile enclave’s population of 2.3 million people also threaten its rich history: valuable items can be seized by Hamas, the militant group that controls the strip, or sold by smugglers to collectors abroad. There is little funding and equipment to adequately excavate or maintain historical sites. Sometimes they are damaged in Israeli offensives.
A clutch of dedicated archaeologists and activists in the strip, however, is determined not to let Gaza's contributions to civilisation be forgotten, working hard to preserve the area's ancient past despite the many challenges they face.
Fadl Al-Hol is moving boxes Inside it are pottery pieces that are stored after the sorting process according to the type and archaeological layer in which they were found, inside a warehouse for the outputs of the archaeological excavation in Gaza City, August 17, 2023.
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'We can't take any of this for granted': Gaza's fight to keep its treasures safe at home
Local archaeologists dedicate their lives to protect priceless artefacts from smugglers, Hamas and Israeli attacks in a land at history's crossroads.
You almost can't move for ancient treasures in the tiny blockaded strip of Gaza. Fishers, farmers and construction workers regularly uncover elements of Gaza's 5,000-year-old past in the course of a day's work.
In 2013, a priceless life-size bronze statue of Apollo was supposedly found in the Mediterranean by a fisher, who said he was afraid at first he had stumbled across a body in the shallows; last year, a farmer planting trees unearthed an exceptionally beautiful Byzantine mosaic floor of birds and animals, its colours still bright.
Gaza's image today is that of a place of war and suffering. The forces that make life a misery for the 25.5 mile by 7.5 mile enclave’s population of 2.3 million people also threaten its rich history: valuable items can be seized by Hamas, the militant group that controls the strip, or sold by smugglers to collectors abroad. There is little funding and equipment to adequately excavate or maintain historical sites. Sometimes they are damaged in Israeli offensives.
A clutch of dedicated archaeologists and activists in the strip, however, is determined not to let Gaza's contributions to civilisation be forgotten, working hard to preserve the area's ancient past despite the many challenges they face.
Fadl Al-Hol is moving boxes Inside it are pottery pieces that are stored after the sorting process according to the type and archaeological layer in which they were found, inside a warehouse for the outputs of the archaeological excavation in Gaza City, August 17, 2023.
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