Category Archives: Archaeology

Ecosystem is Moving

Earth’s various ecosystems, with all their plants and animals, will need to shift about a quarter-mile per year on average to keep pace with global climate change, scientists said in a study.How well particular species can survive rising worldwide temperatures … Continue reading

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Hunter-Gatherer House Reveals Stone Age Lifestyle

The remains of a 9,000-year-old hunter-gatherers’ house, uncovered during construction at an airport, have been unearthed in Great Britain’s Isle of Man. The house was surrounded by buried mounds of burnt hazelnut shells and stocked with stone tools, according to … Continue reading

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Geological Time Scale

Historical records only go back a few thousand years, and are inadequate to treat most geological processes. To understand the timing of geological processes we need to look at the geological rock record. This includes erosion, mountain building and other … Continue reading

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Origin of Petroleum: Biogenic Theory

Most geologists view crude oil and natural gas as the product of compression and heating of ancient organic materials over geological time. Oil is formed from the preserved remains of prehistoric zooplankton and algae which have been settled to the … Continue reading

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