Lobato Felizola

Lobato Felizola is a contributing writer for Live Science. He holds a master's degree in communication sciences, contemporary culture and new technologies from NOVA University of Lisbon, and journalism from Catholic University of Brasília. His work covers everything from archaeology to energy and sustainability, with a special interest in the climate crisis and the environment, such as biodiversity, land-use change and community-based solutions. Lobato’s work has appeared in Yes! Magazine, Atlas Obscura, Earth Island Journal, among others. In Brazil, his previous positions include reporting at Correio Braziliense newspaper and producing at TV Brasília.

Latest articles by Lobato Felizola

Petroglyphs uncovered at an archaeological site in Brazil.

9,000-year-old rock art discovered among dinosaur footprints in Brazil

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Ancient hunter-gatherers created rock art next to dinosaur footprints in what is now Brazil.

Archaeology
The archaeological sites of rock art on rocky cliffs in Brazil's Jalapão State Park.

2,000-year-old carvings of celestial bodies and animals discovered on rocky cliffs in Brazil

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Archaeologists identified 16 sites with representations of human footprints, animals and celestial bodies.

Archaeology
An excavated skeleton found at the archaeological site of São Luís, Brazil along with an archaeologist dressed in blue.

10,000-year-old burials from unknown hunter-gatherer group discovered in Brazil

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Evidence of at least four populations from different times in Brazil's history was found at the same archaeological site.

Archaeology
We see human faces carved into rock near a river.

Severe drought reveals more than 100 rock carvings in Amazonian tributary that may be up to 2,000 years old

By Lobato Felizola published

Engravings of human faces, animals and geometric shapes were spotted on normally submerged rocks after more than half of the Negro River dried up.

Archaeology