Wednesday, 16 September 2009

Woven clothes possibly worn 30,000 years ago

Researchers have found over 1,000 fibers of flax as well as wool in Dzudzuana cave in the republic of georgia,a small number of the fibers were black,gray,pink and turquoise,believed to have been dyed.
Fungi spores known to grow on clothes was also found.

Monday, 7 September 2009

New species discovered in papua new guinea

New species have been discovered on mount bosavi, a volcanic crater in middle png.

16 new species of frogs,including one with fangs,as well as the now named Bosavi Woolly Rat,a tree dwelling marsupial(Bosavi Silky Cucus),a few new fishs,stick insects as long as a human forearm,butterflies as big as paperback book and a hairy caterpillar.

Birds of paradise,unseen before, were also found.