• Desert telescope takes aim at ageing our Universe

  Another telescope has entered the debate about the age and expansion rate of the Universe.

• The moon is 85 million years younger than previously thought

  In a new study, researchers at the German Aerospace Center found out that, not only did the moon once have a massive, fiery magma ocean, but our rocky satellite also formed later than scientists previously expected.

• An ancient story of change and adaptation

  Archaeologists are continuing to unravel the complex history of Australia’s Aboriginal people, the world’s oldest civilisation. A new study shows they have occupied South Australia’s Riverland region for 29,000 years – since before the Last Glacial Maximum – which is 22,000 more than previously thought.

• This 1.4-million-year-old hand ax adds to Homo erectus’ known toolkit

  Homo erectus, a possible direct ancestor of people today, crafted a surprisingly cutting-edge tool out of a hippo’s leg bone around 1.4 million years ago, researchers say.

• Did ancient Americans settle in Polynesia? The evidence doesn’t stack up

  How did the Polynesian peoples come to live on the far-flung islands of the Pacific? The question has intrigued researchers for centuries.

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Important New Book By Mainstream Geologist Provides Huge Support For Comet Impact And Global Cataclysm 12,800 Years Ago

Did impacts and airbursts from multiple fragments of a disintegrating comet cause the onset of the Younger Dryas global cataclysm 12,800 years ago? After more than a decade of acrimonious scientific controversy around the Younger Dryas Impact Hypothesis (YDIH), an important new book by eminent geologist Dr James L. Powell […]

Graham Hancock | 24th June 2020

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