SciFri Radio: Archaeology
SciFri Radio: Archaic Texan Rock Art Reveals Prehistoric Culture
The arid Texas climate preserved rock art painted by early Native American groups.
SciFri Radio: Richard Leakey Reflects On Human Past--And Future
Leakey talks about the origins of Homo sapiens, and their uncertain future.
SciFri Radio: An Earlier Departure Out Of Africa?
A stone toolkit may push back the date when humans first left Africa.
SciFri Radio: Study Suggests Earlier Meat Eating In Hominids
Study authors say fossil bones have marks from the tools used for butchering.
SciFri Radio: A New Human Relative, From a DNA Sample?
Genetic analysis of DNA from a single prehistoric finger bone may point to a new branch of the human family tree.
SciFri Radio: Cave Science
Ready to go spelunking? Live from the cave state--that's Missouri--we'll get an inside look at the biology, geology, and history of the underground...
SciFri Radio: A Conversation with Ocean Explorer Bob Ballard
In this segment, Ira talks with undersea explorer Robert Ballard about his life and work, both in exploration and education.
SciFri Radio: Oldest Known Horse Farm
Researchers have identified what they say is the earliest known example of the domestic raising of horses.
SciFri Radio: Secret of the Pyramid
We know who built the Great Pyramid of Egypt, but we still don't know HOW it was done. In this segment, we'll talk about theories of the Great...
SciFri Radio: The Secret of The Mummy's DNA
We'll get a Halloween-day look at new DNA analysis of Oetzi, a mummified man from 5300 years ago who was discovered in a melting glacier in the...
SciFri Videos: Archaeology
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Video: Michael Novacek on Toothy Dino Discovery
Ira talks with Michael Novacek, author of Terra, paleontologist and curator at the American Museum of Natural History in New York, about a new...
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Video: Hobbit Bones Hold Clues To Its Origin
Anthropologist Bill Jungers of Stony Brook University Medical Center shows off a new cast of the most complete skeleton of Homo...
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Video: Finding The Roots Of An Ancient Crop
Agave plants, probably best known as the source of tequila, were important as a food crop long before the invention of margaritas. Wendy Hodgson,...
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Video: New Dino: Stocky With Menacing Toes
Reporting in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers describe a new predatory dinosaur from the late Cretaceous...
SciFri Newsbriefs: Archaeology
Newsbrief: Super-Sized Scorpion
Ancient claw indicates sea scorpions were over eight feet long.
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