The archaeological site of the Sima de los Huesos in Spain’s Burgos province has revealed shards from a skull a half million years old.

JULY 27, 2010 | ALICIA RIVERA

The Neanderthal jaw that University of Barcelona (UB) archaeologists Montserrat Sanz and Joan Daura found in Sitges in 2005, popularly known as the “Jaws of Sitges,” have been dated as much older than originally thought, a full 53,200 years old, thanks to a new uranium-thorium system developed at the University of Bristol, where Daura is currently carrying out research.

11 june 2010

Using NASA laser technology, a team of archaeologists and anthropologists have managed to draw the largest map to date of the Mayan city of Caracol.

A. R. | 12 may 2010

Someday, all identity cards will cease to exist. Go ahead and start bidding a fond farewell to the passport and credit cards; even the days of the Social Security card are numbered. Perhaps the same goes for the passwords to access our e-mail account or Facebook profile. Today, in the eyes of Big Brother, we are nothing but a number, when, in reality, our body is full of inimitable and completely impossible to falsify traits. Someday, IDs, passwords and bank cards will be replaced by some anatomical feature that characterizes us, something that make us totally and undeniably unique.

Octavi Planells | 7 may 2010

Valérie Fontaine, anthropologist of the arqueological mission of the funerary enclosure of Monthemhat, invites us to know, in the frame of the exhibition "Monthemhat Project. The forgotten mummies", how the anthropological study of the mummies of that site was done and discover some secrets. The conference will take place on Thursday the 25th of March, at 19.00 h in the Archaeological Museum of Catalonia.

24 March 2010

The Archaeology Museum will open tomorrow, Thursday, the 4th of March at 20.00 h, the exhibition "Project Monthemhat. The forgotten mummies". The event will be held at the headquarters of Barcelona of the Archaeology Museum of Catalonia.

3 March 2010

Website of Survival, an international organization that supports indigenous people worldwide. Their support work is carried out in three complementary ways: education, advocacy and campaigns.

Today Wednesday 10 February at 19.00, Jaime Arocha, a professor of Anthropology at the National University of Colombia, will talk about the death cult in the context of the exhibition "Candles and living saints" at the University of Barcelona.

10 February 2010

Big surprise in the Natural History Museum in Vienna: Last Wednesday the new director was presented. 3

22 desember 2009

Oliver Hochadel, Vienna

Scientists may not be able to tell a good book by its cover, but they now can tell the condition of an old book by its odour. In a report published in the American Chemical Society's ‘Analytical Chemistry’, they describe development of a new test that can measure the degradation of old books and precious historical documents on the basis of their aroma. The non-destructive ‘sniff’ test could help libraries and museums preserve a range of prized paper-based objects, some of which are degrading rapidly due to advancing age, the scientists say.

A.R. | 11 november 2009

The rector of the University of Quintana Roo, José Luis Pech, and the rector of the URV, Francesc Xavier Grau, have signed an agreement to promote academic and research collaboration between the two institutions. This framework agreement expects an exchange of teachers, researchers and students between the two universities, conducting joint research projects, joint organization of academic activities, international conferences, and editing of publications of common interest.

21 october 2009

The construction of national identity based on the evolution of fossils is not exclusive of authoritarian regimes

6 october 2009

Oliver Hochadel, History of Science