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science2 hours ago•5 min saved

Sealed Guinness Bottle from 1864 Mindoro Wreck Emerges in English Channel

Divers recovered a sealed Guinness Extra Stout bottle from the 1864 Mindoro shipwreck in the English Channel; the intact seal prompted researchers to consider testing the historic brew for potential revival via yeast DNA sequencing, while teams plan to recover more bottles and examine the ship’s manifest.

via The Washington Post|

#english-channel #guinness #mindoro

science3 months ago•16 min saved

Ancient sea routes stitched Philippine islands 40,000 years ago

Archaeologists find evidence that around 40,000 years ago, early humans around Mindoro crossed open seas to coastal sites, forming long-lasting maritime lifeways and networks that spread tools, plant-working techniques, and knowledge across the Philippine archipelago, with robot-assisted excavation helping preserve fragile clues and illuminate deliberate sea crossings rather than random drift.

via Earth.com|

#archaeology #early-humans #maritime-history