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Oceanography
People are 'killing' the oceans
At the seminar held at Oxford University last week, scientists confirmed the cause of the rapid deterioration of the oceans was due to human activities.
Archeology
Discovering more mysteries in ancient stone dumps Stonehenge 5,000 years in England
Oxford University experts discovered 25 ancient stone skulls buried in the area of Stonehenge more than 5,000 years ago.
Archeology
The long-necked sea monster in the UK may be a new dinosaur
Fossil skeleton of Jurassic sea monster found in Cambridgeshire, England, most likely belongs to a new long-necked dinosaur.
Archeology
Excavating 92 medieval skeletons in the English church
Archaeologists have excavated many skeletons at a church in Oxford, England revealed medieval life.
Archeology
Looking for the solution to the disappearance of the ancient Neanderthal
Before extinction about 40,000 years ago, the ancient Neanderthals lived side by side with modern humans in Europe for about five millennia.
Archeology
The era of dinosaurs can be revived
Biologists from Oxford University claimed that though they had disappeared from the earth tens of millions of years ago, however, dinosaurs and mammoths could have been…
Archeology
Fertilizers were used 8,000 years ago
During the Stone Age around 6,000 years BC, farmers knew how to use cattle manure such as cows, sheep, goats and pigs as a slow-release fertilizer for plants.
Archeology
Revealing the legendary underwater city of Egypt
Marine archaeologist of Oxford Marine Archeology Center has revealed the first evidence of the legendary Egyptian city submerged at the bottom of the Atlantic.
Archeology
Discovering the great treasure of ancient Egypt
Marine archaeologists from Oxford University, who excavated the coastal city of Thonis-Heracleion, were drowned in water thousands of years ago.
Archeology
Is the bone discovered in Bulgaria the Holy Baptist?
Scientists say new evidence has been found to support the argument that the bones and remains of a church basement in Bulgaria may be of St. John the Baptist (also known…
Archeology
The world's oldest musical instrument is revealed
Professor Tom Higham, a researcher at Oxford University in England, and colleagues discovered two ancient flutes in the Geissenkloesterle cave in the Swabian Jura mounta…
Archeology
New method of dating: One of 10 outstanding discoveries of the year
The research by Oxford University scientists on the new dating method was voted one of the 10 scientific inventions of 2007. This method has been applied in a skull. peo…
Archeology
Residents of the South Pacific region originated from Vietnam?
Scientists from Durham University and Oxford University (UK) have studied the DNA of wild boar and hog pigs in the South Pacific and raised new hypotheses about the orig…
Archeology
Why are Neanderthals soon extinct?
According to Dr. Paul Pettitt, Oxford University (UK) and colleagues, 20,000 - 30,000 years ago, Neanderthals and ancestors of modern people lived in continental Europe.