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ZSI discovered 14 new animal species in Maha in 2023
5 months, 1 week ago

ZSI discovered 14 new animal species in Maha in 2023

Hindustan Times  

A report titled “Animal Discoveries 2023” by the Zoological Survey of India released on July 1, 2024, states that Maharashtra recorded 14 new animal species in 2023 out of which, two species have been reported in India for the first time. In 2023, Indian scientists, academicians and researchers reported a total 641 new discoveries, 442 of which are new species …

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India adds 641 new animal species, 339 new plant taxa in 2023
5 months, 3 weeks ago

India adds 641 new animal species, 339 new plant taxa in 2023

The Hindu  

A new species of turmeric in Manipur and a new kind of bat in Karnataka are among the plant and animal species which were discovered in India in 2023, according to data released by Union Environment Minister Bhupendra Yadav on Sunday. Among the new plant discoveries in 2023 were Curcuma kakchingense, a new species of turmeric found in Manipur’s Kakching, …

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India adds 664 animal species to its faunal database in 2022, 339 taxa to its flora
1 year, 5 months ago

India adds 664 animal species to its faunal database in 2022, 339 taxa to its flora

The Hindu  

India added 664 animal species to its faunal database in the year 2022. The faunal discoveries have been compiled in a publication by Zoological Survey of India titled Animal Discoveries - New Species and New Records 2023, whereas floral discoveries are contained in Plant Discoveries 2022 published by the Botanical Survey of India. Sela macaque, a new macaque species discovered …

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An immense mystery older than Stonehenge
3 years, 4 months ago

An immense mystery older than Stonehenge

BBC  

An immense mystery older than Stonehenge mfatih5er/Getty Images Reshaping previous ideas on the story of civilisation, Gobekli Tepe in Turkey was built by a prehistoric people 6,000 years before Stonehenge. Atop a limestone plateau near Urfa called Gobekli Tepe, Turkish for "Belly Hill", Schmidt discovered more than 20 circular stone enclosures. Schmidt thought these hunter-gatherers had come together 11,500 years …

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New discoveries at Sanxingdui Ruins may open up future of archaeology
3 years, 8 months ago

New discoveries at Sanxingdui Ruins may open up future of archaeology

China Daily  

A rare type of bronze vessel zun, which has a round rim and a square body, is among the items newly unearthed from Sanxingdui site. The new archaeological discoveries at the Sanxingdui Ruins site in southwestern China's Sichuan province may open up the future of archaeology in China and even the world, a Japanese expert has said in an interview …

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New discoveries at Sanxingdui Ruins may open up future of archaeology
3 years, 8 months ago

New discoveries at Sanxingdui Ruins may open up future of archaeology

China Daily  

A rare type of bronze vessel zun, which has a round rim and a square body, is among the items newly unearthed from Sanxingdui site. The new archaeological discoveries at the Sanxingdui Ruins site in southwestern China's Sichuan province may open up the future of archaeology in China and even the world, a Japanese expert has said in an interview …

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