Source: Blog.frontiersin.org By Mischa Dijkstra, Frontiers science writer This is the first report of fossils of a species of giant camel, Camelus knoblochi, from today’s Mongolia. The author show that the species’ last refuge in the world was in Mongolia until 27,000 years ago. There, they coexisted with archaic humans and the much smaller wild BactrianContinue reading “Last of the giant camels and archaic humans lived together in Mongolia until 27,000 years ago”
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Excavations at Tsagaan Agui Cave in 2021
In September and early October 2021, the Joint Mongolian-Russian-American Archaeological Expedition carried out test excavations and sample collecting in Tsagaan Agui Cave. Tsagaan Agui (Mong. White Cave) is located in the arid Gobi Altai desert in the Altai Mountains of southern Mongolia. Geographical isolation, arid conditions and relatively high elevation (about 2000 meters asl), makeContinue reading “Excavations at Tsagaan Agui Cave in 2021”
Arina Khatsenovich presents talk for “Down Ancient Trails”
Down Ancient Trails is an international archaeological forum organized by the Sharma Center for Heritage Education, India and supported by the Leakey Foundation. It is an online platform for specialists in archaeological sciences and anthropology to share their research. A number of headliners in archaeology gave presented talks about various subjects that they study. ShantiContinue reading “Arina Khatsenovich presents talk for “Down Ancient Trails””
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