Prehistorical human traces are appearing in some northern Canada mountains, thanks to global warming. We can develop Gothic storytelling implications out of that right away, but it's hard to beat the article's elegantly spooky title,
Ancient artifacts revealed as northern ice patches melt
Think of an X-Files episode, or the other pole's great stories, when you read
Andrews and his team have found 2400-year-old spear throwing tools, a 1000-year-old ground squirrel snare, and bows and arrows dating back 850 years. Biologists involved in the project are examining dung for plant remains, insect parts, pollen and caribou parasites.
(link via Warren Ellis); gorgeous photo from subarcticmike)
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