Lunch Break Science #44 | Dr. Erin Vogel
Meet Leakey Foundation grantee Dr. Erin Vogel and learn about orangutan diet, nutrition, and conservation in this special Earth Day episode.
Lunch Break Science #43 | Onja Razafindratsima
Meet Baldwin Fellowship Scholar Onja Razafindratsima and learn about the complex interaction between lemurs and their environment. She also discusses lemur conservation in Madagascar.
New insights into Monks Mound at Cahokia (Heritagedaily 07/21/2022)
New insights have been revealed about Monks Mound, a giant earthwork at the ancient city of Cahokia.
Maya chocolate vessel found in cave (Heritagedaily 07/19/2022)
Archaeologists have recovered a Maya chocolate-type vessel from the Cueva de la Cruz, near the coastal resort of Playa del Carmen, in Mexico’s Yucatán.
Clay figurine discovered in Germany may represent a prehistoric water goddess (Heritagedaily 07/14/2022)
Archaeologists have discovered a unique clay figurine that may represent a prehistoric water goddess in Bavaria, Germany.
200 years of history found in Mammoth Cave passageway (Heritagedaily 07/13/2022)
Archaeologists excavating a passageway in the Mammoth Cave, the world’s longest known cave system, have uncovered artefacts dating from the 19th and 20th century.
Ancient sanctuary used by Roman soldiers nearly 2,000 years ago found in the Netherlands (Live Science 07/11/2022)
The complex had altars for Mercury, Jupiter and Hercules.
Why does ancient Egypt’s distinctive art style make everything look flat? (Live Science 07/11/2022)
Size, setting and narrative all play a role.
Oldest European human fossil possibly found in Spain (Phys.org 07/08/2022)
A jawbone fragment discovered in northern Spain last month could be the oldest known fossil of a human ancestor found to date in Europe, Spanish paleontologists said Friday.
