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Separated for 20 Million Years

September 19, 2011 – 9:03 am

Separated for 20 Million Years: Blind Beetle from Bulgarian Caves Clarifies Questions ScienceDaily (July 15, 2011) — One of the smallest ever cave-dwelling ground beetles (Carabidae), has recently been discovered in two caves in the Rhodopi Mountains, Bulgaria, and described under the name Paralovricia beroni. The beetle is completely blind and is only 1.8-2.2 mm long. [...]

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Proteus

April 11, 2011 – 11:09 am

You can read an interesting article about this cave specific species on esepelobloc.

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Underground GPS-2

March 31, 2011 – 9:11 am

Swiss Institute of Speleology and karst-Research developed an underground global positioning system, which is able to record position data contiously, and polygon can be drawn from it.  Practically, the tool is avaliable to  the usage of -100m depth. Read more here on ISSKA and on espeleobloc.

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New Death Ritual Found in Himalaya

March 2, 2011 – 5:02 pm

The remains of 27 ancient men, women, and children have been found in cliffside caves in Nepal. Many of the bones bear cut marks that point to a previously unknown Himalayan death ritual, experts say. The corpses—many of which had been stripped of flesh—were placed in the high mortuaries some 1,500 years ago, the team [...]

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