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Archaeologist Tipoffs from TNS Newsletter for 2025-12-12 ( 2 items )  
Lund University: Fingerprint of Ancient Seafarer Found on Scandinavia's Oldest Plank Boat (10)
LUND, Sweden, Dec. 11 -- Lund University issued the following news release: * * * Fingerprint of ancient seafarer found on Scandinavia's oldest plank boat A fingerprint has been found in the tars used to build the oldest known wooden plank boat in Scandinavia, which provides a direct link to the seaborne raiders who used the boat over 2,000 years ago. By analysing the tar itself, Lund University researchers are closer to solving the long-standing mystery of where the attackers in the boat cam more PR

Smithsonian Institution: Ancient Manatee Relative Reveals That Sea Cows Have Engineered the Arabian Gulf's Seagrass Ecosystems for Over 20 Million Years (10)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 (TNSjou) -- The Smithsonian Institution issued the following news release: * * * Ancient Manatee Relative Reveals That Sea Cows Have Engineered the Arabian Gulf's Seagrass Ecosystems for Over 20 Million Years Smithsonian Researchers and Collaborators at Qatar Museums Describe a Sea Cow Bonebed in Qatar That Is Among the Richest Deposits of Marine Mammal Fossils in the World Note to editors: Photos of the Al Maszhabiya site and fossils, an artist's reconstruction of the ne more PR