Science News Daily http://www.sciencenewsdaily.org/ en-us Science News Daily provides daily coverage of the most popular science and technology news Researchers probe 200-year-old shipwreck off RI (AP) -- For two centuries it rested a mile from shore, shrouded by a treacherous reef from the pleasure boaters and beachgoers who haunt New England's southern coast. http://www.sciencenewsdaily.org/archaeology-fossils-news/cluster134990962/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:45:51 EST 134990962 Audio: Ancient Katydid Sings From Beyond the Grave http://www.sciencenewsdaily.org/archaeology-fossils-news/cluster134390004/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:16:15 EST 134390004 Mexican experts excited to find ancient home ruins (AP) -- The ruins aren't particularly impressive, just some stone and clay footings for houses that probably supported walls of wood or clay wattle. And it's that very ordinariness that has ... http://www.sciencenewsdaily.org/archaeology-fossils-news/cluster134939134/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:15:52 EST 134939134 Neanderthal demise due to many influences, including cultural changes: study As an ice age crept upon them thousands of years ago, Neanderthals and modern human ancestors expanded their territory ranges across Asia and Europe to adapt to the changing environment. http://www.sciencenewsdaily.org/archaeology-fossils-news/cluster134541786/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:16:10 EST 134541786 Our Amorphophallus is smaller: New plant species from Madagascar smells like roadkill The famed "corpse flower" plant – known for its giant size, rotten-meat odor and phallic shape – has a new, smaller relative: A University of Utah botanist discovered a new species ... http://www.sciencenewsdaily.org/archaeology-fossils-news/cluster134465278/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 04:45:57 EST 134465278 Namibia sponge fossils are world's first animals: study Scientists digging in a Namibian national park have uncovered sponge-like fossils they say are the first animals, a discovery that would push the emergence of animal life back millions of years. http://www.sciencenewsdaily.org/archaeology-fossils-news/cluster134488724/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 07:45:57 EST 134488724 When did the feather take flight? (PhysOrg.com) -- Some 125 million years ago--more recently than once thought possible -- the molecular structure of the modern feather began to take form, according to molecular dating research ... http://www.sciencenewsdaily.org/archaeology-fossils-news/cluster134856456/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:15:53 EST 134856456 Fortress found at hill in Israel where Bible's Jonah is supposedly buried dates to 800BC The foundation of an ancient fortress with one-metre-wide walls that was situated at the coastal site in Ashdod in Israel was exposed in an excavation. http://www.sciencenewsdaily.org/archaeology-fossils-news/cluster134497362/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 06:45:57 EST 134497362 At a planned train trench, an archaeological treasure trove A Spanish silver coin dating from 1816 is among the artifacts a 30-member team of archaeologists has unearthed next to railroad tracks in front of the San Gabriel Mission.Archaeologist Deanna ... http://www.sciencenewsdaily.org/archaeology-fossils-news/cluster134293752/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 02:16:02 EST 134293752 A battle of the vampires, 20 million years ago? (PhysOrg.com) -- They are tiny, ugly, disease-carrying little blood-suckers that most people have never seen or heard of, but a new discovery in a one-of-a-kind fossil shows that “bat flies” ... http://www.sciencenewsdaily.org/archaeology-fossils-news/cluster134070398/ Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:46:01 EST 134070398