Mysterious hominin made world’s oldest burial site, study claims

A reconstruction of Homo naledi’s head by paleoartist John Gurche

Scientists have discovered evidence of what may be the world’s oldest known human burial. The team argues that several Homo naledi remains, dating back about 300,000 years, show signs of having been intentionally buried in a chamber deliberately marked with symbols, suggesting complex funerary behavior. But other scientists aren’t so sure.

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Tour the globe with the 2020 UK Nat Geo Traveller Photography awards

From an energetic Pacific island celebration to a colorful apartment block in Tokyo, the winners of this year’s National Geographic Traveller Photography Competition celebrate the best photographic talent in the United Kingdom.Continue ReadingCategory:… Continue reading Tour the globe with the 2020 UK Nat Geo Traveller Photography awards

Autonomous watercraft will be used to search the sea for Amelia Earhart's airplane

BEN (Bathymetric Explorer and Navigator) was made for the University of New Hampshire by marine autonomy ...

Famed American aviator Amelia Earhart disappeared in 1937, while attempting to fly around the world in a Lockheed Model 10E Electra. Now, a high-tech unmanned boat has been enlisted to help search for that plane, near an island where Earhart may have crash-landed.

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Dreamlike shot of Greenland village wins 2019 Nat Geo Travel Photo Contest

Grand Prize winner / 1st Place - Cities. "Upernavik is a fishing village on a tiny ...

A beautiful, almost dreamlike, shot of a tiny fishing village in Greenland has won the Grand Prize in this year’s National Geographic Travel Photo Contest. Chinese photographer Weimin Chu spent nearly a week in the tiny, tranquil town before capturing the immediately iconic, award-winning shot.

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