Tag: Archeology

  • Nation & World

    Lighting the fuse for the Cambrian Explosion

    Harvard paleontologists have shed new light on one of the most enduring mysteries of life on Earth: the origins of the creatures that suddenly appear in the fossil record 530 million years ago in an event known as the Cambrian Explosion.

    3 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Vivid images, stern warnings mark Ice Age ‘rock’ star’s talk

    Oohs and ahhs greeted slide after slide as English author and freelance scholar Paul G. Bahn presented “The Shock of the Old: New Discoveries in Ice Age Art” at the Yenching Institute Feb 26.

    6 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Animal interaction behind ‘Cambrian Explosion’?

    Harvard Professor of Biology and of Geology Charles Marshall presented his Tuesday (April 29), suggesting that it was an increase in interactions between species, such as predation, that drove an escalating evolutionary process that led to the development of teeth and claws and the wide variety of characteristics that we see among Earth’s animals today.

    5 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Maya, Aztec monument casts get the shake-out, dust-off

    Plaster reproductions of Maya and Aztec carvings, which preserve precious details now lost on the originals, are leaving dusty, haphazard storage for cleaning, cataloging, and crating that will prepare them for a new era of usefulness and relevance.

    4 minutes
  • Nation & World

    American Indians bless search for Harvard roots

    With a ceremonial blessing and a cautionary reminder of native peoples’ historic oppression, a group of American Indian leaders joined an assemblage of experienced and budding archaeologists Wednesday (Sept. 26) to begin the search for Harvard’s Indian College roots.

    5 minutes