Science News for Kids » Ancient Times http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org Publication of the Society for Science & the Public Sat, 15 Jun 2013 13:07:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 American cannibals http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2013/05/skull-fragment-from-jamestown-settlement-suggests-starving-colonists-may-have-eaten-one-of-their-own/ http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2013/05/skull-fragment-from-jamestown-settlement-suggests-starving-colonists-may-have-eaten-one-of-their-own/#comments Wed, 08 May 2013 16:47:04 +0000 Stephen Ornes http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/?p=16940 Artists and scientists worked together to create this sculpture that shows what Jane, a colonial American, might have looked like. A study of the teen’s remains indicates she was cannibalized after she died. Credit: StudioEIS, Don Hurlbert/Smithsonian

Skull fragment suggests starving colonists may have eaten one of their own ]]> Artists and scientists worked together to create this sculpture that shows what Jane, a colonial American, might have looked like. A study of the teen’s remains indicates she was cannibalized after she died. Credit: StudioEIS, Don Hurlbert/Smithsonian

Skull fragment suggests starving colonists may have eaten one of their own ]]> http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2013/05/skull-fragment-from-jamestown-settlement-suggests-starving-colonists-may-have-eaten-one-of-their-own/feed/ 0 Cool Jobs: Museum science http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2013/02/cool-jobs-museum-science/ http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2013/02/cool-jobs-museum-science/#comments Wed, 27 Feb 2013 18:16:08 +0000 Sharon Oosthoek http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/?p=15827 Royal Ontario Museum scientist Oliver Haddrath must wear protective clothing when working with ancient DNA. This ensures his DNA doesn’t get mixed up with the genetic material he is analyzing. Credit: Royal Ontario Museum

Samples collected long ago may hold answers to important questions in science and medicine today]]> Royal Ontario Museum scientist Oliver Haddrath must wear protective clothing when working with ancient DNA. This ensures his DNA doesn’t get mixed up with the genetic material he is analyzing. Credit: Royal Ontario Museum

Samples collected long ago may hold answers to important questions in science and medicine today]]> http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2013/02/cool-jobs-museum-science/feed/ 0 Shoulder bones fuel debate http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/11/shoulder-bones-fuel-debate/ http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/11/shoulder-bones-fuel-debate/#comments Fri, 16 Nov 2012 17:47:06 +0000 Stephen Ornes http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/?p=14895 This shoulder blade is from a 3-year-old humanlike female who lived more than 3 million years ago. Scientists are studying the fossil to learn whether the creature climbed trees. Credit: Courtesy of Zeresenay Alemseged/Dikika Research Project

Fossil shoulder blades suggest an ancient humanlike species may have been at home in the trees as well as on the ground ]]> This shoulder blade is from a 3-year-old humanlike female who lived more than 3 million years ago. Scientists are studying the fossil to learn whether the creature climbed trees. Credit: Courtesy of Zeresenay Alemseged/Dikika Research Project

Fossil shoulder blades suggest an ancient humanlike species may have been at home in the trees as well as on the ground ]]> http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/11/shoulder-bones-fuel-debate/feed/ 0 Building Stonehenge http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/09/new-study-of-ancient-crops-may-identify-the-laborers-behind-britains-most-famous-stone-monument/ http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/09/new-study-of-ancient-crops-may-identify-the-laborers-behind-britains-most-famous-stone-monument/#comments Thu, 27 Sep 2012 18:25:21 +0000 Stephen Ornes http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/?p=14287 Stonehenge may have been built by animal herders, not farmers, according to a new study. Credit: Matthew Brennan

A new study of ancient crops may identify the laborers behind Britain’s most famous stone monument]]> Stonehenge may have been built by animal herders, not farmers, according to a new study. Credit: Matthew Brennan

A new study of ancient crops may identify the laborers behind Britain’s most famous stone monument]]> http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/09/new-study-of-ancient-crops-may-identify-the-laborers-behind-britains-most-famous-stone-monument/feed/ 0 The origins of mummies http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/08/south-american-mummies/ http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/08/south-american-mummies/#comments Mon, 27 Aug 2012 19:03:33 +0000 Stephen Ornes http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/?p=13691 South America’s Chinchorro people mummified their dead long before the ancient Egyptians. One of the Chinchorro methods used human-hair wigs and red dye made from ochre. Credit: Bernardo Arriaza

Scientists speculate on why ancient South Americans started preserving their dead ]]> South America’s Chinchorro people mummified their dead long before the ancient Egyptians. One of the Chinchorro methods used human-hair wigs and red dye made from ochre. Credit: Bernardo Arriaza

Scientists speculate on why ancient South Americans started preserving their dead ]]> http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/08/south-american-mummies/feed/ 0 DNA hints at ancient cousins http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/08/dna-hints-at-ancient-cousins/ http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/08/dna-hints-at-ancient-cousins/#comments Fri, 17 Aug 2012 18:45:21 +0000 Roberta Kwok http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/?p=13604 By analyzing the DNA of some modern-day Africans, scientists have found that our ancestors may have mated with an unknown, humanlike species thousands of years ago. Credit: Courtesy of Sarah Tishkoff

Scientists find evidence of an extinct humanlike species within modern-day Africans]]> By analyzing the DNA of some modern-day Africans, scientists have found that our ancestors may have mated with an unknown, humanlike species thousands of years ago. Credit: Courtesy of Sarah Tishkoff

Scientists find evidence of an extinct humanlike species within modern-day Africans]]> http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/08/dna-hints-at-ancient-cousins/feed/ 0 World’s oldest pots http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/07/ice-age-people-made-cookware-long-before-the-rise-of-farming/ http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/07/ice-age-people-made-cookware-long-before-the-rise-of-farming/#comments Fri, 06 Jul 2012 16:18:37 +0000 Erin Wayman http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/?p=13205 One of many 20,000-year-old pottery fragments found in a Chinese cave. Credit: Science/AAAS

Ice age people made cookware long before the rise of farming]]> One of many 20,000-year-old pottery fragments found in a Chinese cave. Credit: Science/AAAS

Ice age people made cookware long before the rise of farming]]> http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/07/ice-age-people-made-cookware-long-before-the-rise-of-farming/feed/ 0 Hobbits: Our tiny cousins http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/04/hobbits-our-tiny-cousins/ http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/04/hobbits-our-tiny-cousins/#comments Wed, 25 Apr 2012 18:00:36 +0000 Karl Gruber http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/?p=12507 hobbit_feature

Skeletal remains of ancient human relatives found in Indonesia are challenging some long-accepted “truths” about human evolution]]> hobbit_feature

Skeletal remains of ancient human relatives found in Indonesia are challenging some long-accepted “truths” about human evolution]]> http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/04/hobbits-our-tiny-cousins/feed/ 0 Becoming human http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/04/becoming-human/ http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/04/becoming-human/#comments Wed, 04 Apr 2012 21:55:52 +0000 Stephen Ornes http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/?p=12213 homo2

Climate may have influenced the evolution of humans and other humanlike species]]> homo2

Climate may have influenced the evolution of humans and other humanlike species]]> http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/04/becoming-human/feed/ 0 Genes tell old story http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2011/12/genes-tell-old-story/ http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2011/12/genes-tell-old-story/#comments Wed, 21 Dec 2011 14:32:18 +0000 Stephen Ornes http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/?p=11115 dna

Ancient cells hold evidence of a massive die-off of Native Americans]]> dna

Ancient cells hold evidence of a massive die-off of Native Americans]]> http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2011/12/genes-tell-old-story/feed/ 0