NASA on Wednesday (Dec 13) announced that its Perseverance rover has completed the job that it was assigned to do when it landed on the planet Mars in February 2021. The basic task given to the robot was to conduct the survey of Jezero Crater, an ancient crater lake, and collect rocks which will help in their quest to find evidence for past life.

In a major conference held in San Francisco, the mission team said that the rover had accomplished this primary objective as it completed its 1000 Martian days.

"Marking its 1,000th Martian day on the Red Planet, NASA’s Perseverance rover recently completed its exploration of the ancient river delta that holds evidence of a lake that filled Jezero Crater billions of years ago. The six-wheeled scientist has to date collected a total of 23 samples, revealing the geologic history of this region of Mars in the process," stated NASA, in its media release.

"It's a pretty incredible achievement and we've done an amazing amount of science," NASA's director of planetary science Dr Lori Glaze said. However, the completion of the task did not mean that the Perseverance would park up and "switch off the engine".

However, the scientists are left with many challenges ahead, which include how the rock samples of the vehicle will be brought back to Earth so that they can be studied in the lab.

“We picked Jezero Crater as a landing site because orbital imagery showed a delta – clear evidence that a large lake once filled the crater. A lake is a potentially habitable environment, and delta rocks are a great environment for entombing signs of ancient life as fossils in the geologic record,” Perseverance’s project scientist Ken Farley of Caltech said. “After thorough exploration, we’ve pieced together the crater’s geologic history, charting its lake and river phase from beginning to end," he added.&nbsp;

<h2>NASA's exploration of the Jezero Crater</h2>

NASA will be entering into a partnership with the European Space Agency on a project around Jezero Crater, however, a review board is currently examining the technical solutions, time frame and cost and it will report early next year.&nbsp;

This would necessarily involve sending a rocket to Mars which will be loaded with the finger-sized samples which will be blasted into space for the journey home.

"It will be one of the most audacious robotic missions ever conducted," said Arizona State University's Dr Mini Wadhwa, who is the principal scientist on NASA's Mars Sample Return programme.&nbsp;

(With inputs from agencies)&nbsp;

NASA on Wednesday (Dec 13) announced that its Perseverance rover has completed the job that it was assigned to do when it landed on the planet Mars in February 2021.

NASA on Wednesday (Dec 13) announced that its Perseverance rover has completed the job that it was assigned to do when it landed on the planet Mars in February 2021. The basic task given to the robot was to conduct the survey of Jezero Crater, an ancient crater lake, and collect rocks which will help in their quest to find evidence for past life. In a major conference held in San Francisco, the mission team said that the rover had accomplished this primary objective as it completed its 1000 Martian days. "Marking its 1,000th Martian day on the Red Planet, NASA’s Perseverance rover recently completed its exploration of the ancient river delta that holds evidence of a lake that filled Jezero Crater billions of years ago. The six-wheeled scientist has to date collected a total of 23 samples, revealing the geologic history of this region of Mars in the process," stated NASA, in its media release. "It's a pretty incredible achievement and we've done an amazing amount of science," NASA's director of planetary science Dr Lori Glaze said. However, the completion of the task did not mean that the Perseverance would park up and "switch off the engine". However, the scientists are left with many challenges ahead, which include how the rock samples of the vehicle will be brought back to Earth so that they can be studied in the lab. “We picked Jezero Crater as a landing site because orbital imagery showed a delta – clear evidence that a large lake once filled the crater. A lake is a potentially habitable environment, and delta rocks are a great environment for entombing signs of ancient life as fossils in the geologic record,” Perseverance’s project scientist Ken Farley of Caltech said. “After thorough exploration, we’ve pieced together the crater’s geologic history, charting its lake and river phase from beginning to end," he added. NASA's exploration of the Jezero Crater NASA will be entering into a partnership with the European Space Agency on a project around Jezero Crater, however, a review board is currently examining the technical solutions, time frame and cost and it will report early next year. This would necessarily involve sending a rocket to Mars which will be loaded with the finger-sized samples which will be blasted into space for the journey home. "It will be one of the most audacious robotic missions ever conducted," said Arizona State University's Dr Mini Wadhwa, who is the principal scientist on NASA's Mars Sample Return programme. (With inputs from agencies)

Perseverance completes 1,000 days on Mars, decodes mystery of ancient crater lake

It is men that we associate with generally when it comes about the image of hunters during the ancient times, but a new discovery has found that this phenomenon was not always true as women ace in hunting too.&nbsp;

The excavations at Wilamaya Patjxa (present-day Peru) in 2018 has made such claims.&nbsp;

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As per the discovery, the remains of a 17-19-year-old woman was found with artefacts like stone projectile points, knife, as well as objects for gutting and scraping an animal, reports Indiatimes.

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The bones of the woman suggest that she used to eat meat.&nbsp;

"Our findings have made me rethink the most basic organizational structure of ancient hunter-gatherer groups. Among historic and contemporary hunter-gatherers, it is almost always the case that males are the hunters and females are the gatherers," said Anthropologist Randy Haas of the University of California, Davis, who is part of the research.&nbsp;

"Because of this – and likely because of sexist assumptions about division of labour in western society – archaeological findings of females with hunting tools just didn't fit prevailing worldviews. It took a strong case to help us recognize that the archaeological pattern indicated actual female hunting behaviour."

The burials in Pleistocene and early Holocene found remains of 427 individuals who are buried across 107 sites. &nbsp;

In these burial sites, 27 people were found with hunting equipment and 11 out of them were women.&nbsp;

The researchers claimed that the study has provided enough evidence that women were involved in hunting too.&nbsp; 
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It is men that we associate with generally when it comes about the image of hunters during the ancient times, but a new discovery has found that this phenomenon was not always true as women ace in hunting too.

It is men that we associate with generally when it comes about the image of hunters during the ancient times, but a new discovery has found that this phenomenon was not always true as women ace in hunting too. The excavations at Wilamaya Patjxa (present-day Peru) in 2018 has made such claims. Also read | Egypt announces discovery of 27 coffins buried 2,500 years ago As per the discovery, the remains of a 17-19-year-old woman was found with artefacts like stone projectile points, knife, as well as objects for gutting and scraping an animal, reports Indiatimes. Also read | How a stunning discovery can revive Egypt's tourism industry The bones of the woman suggest that she used to eat meat. "Our findings have made me rethink the most basic organizational structure of ancient hunter-gatherer groups. Among historic and contemporary hunter-gatherers, it is almost always the case that males are the hunters and females are the gatherers," said Anthropologist Randy Haas of the University of California, Davis, who is part of the research. "Because of this – and likely because of sexist assumptions about division of labour in western society – archaeological findings of females with hunting tools just didn't fit prevailing worldviews. It took a strong case to help us recognize that the archaeological pattern indicated actual female hunting behaviour." The burials in Pleistocene and early Holocene found remains of 427 individuals who are buried across 107 sites. In these burial sites, 27 people were found with hunting equipment and 11 out of them were women. The researchers claimed that the study has provided enough evidence that women were involved in hunting too.

9,000-year-old burials find men were not the only hunters, women ace in it too

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Perseverance completes 1,000 days on Mars, decodes mystery of ancient crater lake

9,000-year-old burials find men were not the only hunters, women ace in it too