Cave Men Loved to Sing Posted: 5 months ago by deEPCHIll
Analyzing the famous, ochre-splashed cave walls of France, the most densely painted areas were also those with the best acoustics, the scientists found. Humming into some bends in the wall even produced sounds mimicking the animals painted there.
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Giant Crystal Cave in Mexico Dazzles Scientists, Almost Superman-Like Posted: 2 years ago by indierockcafe
This amazing cave or pure crystals, some as long as 36 feet, has been discovered. The story and the photographs are amazing.
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Caves With Stone Age Paintings Have Better Acoustics Posted: 5 months ago by maxriter
The new research of the Paleolithic cave located in France, revealed that people, who lived in prehistoric times, preferred to draw their famous cave sketches in locations that have a natural resonant sound.
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Ancient bones found in Wisconsin cave Posted: 8 months ago by AutumnLotus
Excavators have unearthed what are believed to be some of the oldest prehistoric bones discovered in a cave in Wisconsin. The bones have been dated to between 5,600 and 5,800 years old, said Dr. John Luczaj, an earth science professor. They were discovered in New Hope Cave at Cherney Maribel Caves County Park in January and February.
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Cave Castle In Slovenia Posted: 2 years ago by Neiako
Amazingly built into a cave, Predjama castle is one of the most visited castles in Europe. Predjama castle and it's caves are situated about 12 km from Postojna, world famous for its extensive karst cave.
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Gibraltar Geology & Cave Photos Posted: 1 year ago by AutumnLotus
This is an article on the geology of Gibraltar by Freddie Gomez. It includes four interesting photos of cave formations.
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Secret of the Cave Buddha Posted: 2 years ago by BrownTrout
A Nepalese shepherd lead experts to a partially collapsed cave containing the 12th to 14th century depictions of scenes from Buddha's life. Explorers used ice axes to cut their way into the inaccessible 3,400m-high cave.
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Researchers open cave under Mexican pyramid Posted: 5 months ago by donteatpoop
Archaeologists are opening a cave sealed for more than 30 years deep beneath a Mexican pyramid to look for clues about the mysterious collapse of one of ancient civilization's largest cities.
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Cult waits for end of days (which will be in May) in cave Posted: 1 year ago by bluenutria
Four children (one 18 month old) are among 29 cult members holed up in a cave. Cult has threatened suicide if cops interfere.
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Life Underground: Coolest Cave Apartment Ever! [+PICS] Posted: 11 months ago by FreeMind
A cave is a natural underground void large enough for a human to enter. This cave you can not only enter, but you can sit down on the sofa and watch TV as well in an awesome underground home. Who said cave dwelling had to be uncomfortable?
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Pictured: The Cave of Crystals discovered 1,000ft below a Mexican desert Posted: 1 month ago by AutumnLotus
Until you notice the orange-suited men clambering around, it's hard to grasp the extraordinary scale of this underground crystal forest.
Nearly 1,000ft below the Chihuahua Desert in Mexico, this cave was discovered by two brothers drilling in the Naica lead and silver mine. It is an eerie sight.
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Wartime aircraft plant to open as resort Posted: 11 months ago by bevissimo
BEIJING (Reuters) - China is to create a tourist resort in a giant cave used by the former Nationalist government as a secret aircraft factory during World War Two, the official Xinhua news agency said Tuesday.
The Haikong cave, in verdant mountains near the southwestern city and wartime capital of Chongqing, will cost about 500 million yuan ($68 million) to develop, the report said.
Nothing says fun like a resort inside a cave...
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Cave Near Chicago Full of Ancient Wonders Posted: 2 years ago by AutumnLotus
North America's oldest conifer tree and some ancient scorpion parts are among the fossil treasures found in a newly discovered cave in Illinois.
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Oldest Skeleton in Americas Found in Underwater Cave? Posted: 3 months ago by AutumnLotus
Deep inside an underwater cave in Mexico, archaeologists may have discovered the oldest human skeleton ever found in the Americas.
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Missouri cave contains treasury of fossils Posted: 2 years ago by hypnotode
Remains in Riverbluff cave date back 1 million years.
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Remains of 'pioneer woman' found in Spain are oldest west European Posted: 8 months ago by AutumnLotus
European have been discovered in a cave in Spain, pushing back the beginnings of human occupation of the Continent by up to 400,000 years. The jawbone and teeth found in the Atapuerca hills, near Burgos, have been reliably dated to between 1.1 million and 1.2 million years ago, and probably come from a female who was among the first ancient humans to inhabit Europe.
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The time capsule cave Posted: 2 years ago by donteatpoop
Cave is like an ice-age time capsule, and is a goldmine for fossils and remains of prehistoric ice-age beasts.
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Man to live three years in cave Posted: 2 years ago by robfouryqr
An Italian sociologist has taken up residence
in an underground cave, where he is hoping
to spend the next three years of his life.
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Oldest Known Oil Painting Discovered Posted: 10 months ago by MandolinOrange
The painting dates from 650 A.D. and has been found in caves in Afghanistan's Bamiyan Valley. The discovery reverses a common perception that the oil painting, considered a typically Western art, originated in Europe, where the earliest examples date to the early 12th century A.D.
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Scientists hunt wimps underground Posted: 3 weeks ago by Wingnut
The wimps, short for "weakly interacting massive particles", are believed to hold the key to understanding dark matter. And where do you find dark matter? Someplace dark, of course, like a cave 3300 feet underground...
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Body Found in Mount Hood Snow Cave Posted: 2 years ago by cb__
Unidentified person thought to be one of 3 climbers missing for a week.
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