La Fundación Palarq es una entidad privada y sin ánimo de lucro que se crea con la finalidad de apoyar las Misiones en Arqueología y Paleontología Humana Españolas en el extranjero, excluyendo Europa, dentro de una perspectiva que abarca desde la etapa paleontológica a las épocas prehistóricas y las históricas en interés monumental
Ancestor of all animals identified in Australian fossils (Phys.org 03/24/20)
A team led by UC Riverside geologists has discovered the first ancestor on the family tree that contains most familiar animals today, including humans.
Tests undertaken to determine age of Cerne Abbas Giant (itv.com 03/23/20)
Archaeologists are attempting to determine for the first time the age of the mysterious Cerne Abbas Giant.
AIA Announces 2021 Gold Medal Award Winner (Archaeological Institute of America 03/20/20)
The AIA’s Gold Medal Committee has selected Dr. Katherine M.D. Dunbabin, as the 2021 recipient of the Institute’s Gold Medal Award for Distinguished Archaeological Achievement.
Pyramid-shaped stupa sheds new light on our rich past (The Daily Star 03/20/19)
For the first time, a group of archaeologists have unearthed a pyramid-shaped stupa in the country.
Archaeologists discover giant Ice Age mammoth bone structure (Heritage daily 03/18/20)
Archaeologists have announced the discovery of a giant Ice Age structure built from the remains of at least 60 mammoths at the Kostenki-Borshevo archaeological complex.
Our commitment to archaeology and paleontology in these difficult times
From the Palarq Foundation we want to support all the teams of archaeology and paleontology. To those people who have travelled to the countries where the sites are located and who are carrying out their work at a great distance from home. To the teams that have seen their campaign plans cut short for the…
Student discovers 5,000-year-old sword hidden in Venetian monastery (LiveScience 03/11/20)
It’s one of the oldest swords ever found
AN ISRAELI AND CATALAN TEAM IS TRYING TO SOLVE THE MYSTERIES SURROUNDING THE PRESENCE OF 1.5 MILLION-YEAR-OLD STONE BALLS AT SOME SITES (IPHES 3/9/20)
This collaboration is led by the IPHES and is funded by the Gerda Henkel Foundation. It is presently unknown how these tools were developed or what they were used for and high-tech 3D artifact analysis will be used for this research.
New fossils and artifacts show Homo erectus crafted a diverse toolkit (Science News 03/04/20)
Some stone tools have a single sharpened edge, while others consist of double-edged designs.