Browsing the "Caves" Tag

Archaic human genome mapped

September 6th, 2012 | by Sevaan Franks

Scientists have sequenced the genome of of the Denisovans, a human ancestor, using a tiny finger bone, the only fossil


Evidence of million-year-old fire found

April 11th, 2012 | by Sevaan Franks

Researchers have performed a microscopic analysis on some ash found in a cave in South Africa, revealing that humans built


In search of Australia’s only pirate

March 28th, 2012 | by Sevaan Franks

Archaeologists in Australia are hunting for evidence of the country’s only pirate: Black Jack Anderson. WA archaeologists, who went to