Tag Archive for 'Zanzibar'

Pliotrema kajae, adult male, 97 cm total length. Image credit: Oddgeir Berg Alvheim, Institute of Marine Research, Bergen, Norway.

Two New Species of Sixgill Sawsharks Discovered

Mar 20, 2020 by News Staff

A team of marine biologists has discovered two new species of six-gilled sawsharks living in the waters of the West Indian Ocean. Pliotrema kajae, adult...

$Four of the projectile point fragments recovered from Kuumbi Cave: (A, C and G) impact fractures; (B and D) possible retrieval cut marks; (E) rounded tip; (F) post-depositional fracture revealing bone surface; (H) change in surface appearance. Magnification: A, C, G, and H at 65x; B at 85x; D at 100x; E at 200x. Image credit: Michelle C. Langley et al.$

Eastern Africans Hunted with Poison-Tipped Arrows at least 13,000 Years Ago

Jun 23, 2016 by Enrico de Lazaro

A team of archaeologists studying bone artifacts discovered in a cave on the island of Unguja in the Zanzibar archipelago of Tanzania has found evidence...