In 2022, archaeologists in Italy discovered 24 perfectly preserved bronze statues while excavating hot springs in San Casciano de Bagni. This is a small town in the Tuscan hills outside Sienna. These statues were buried by mud for over two millennia in this site, which used to be a sacred place for both Etruscans and ...
In June, evolution researchers, led by palaeoanthropologist Lee Berger, published sensational claims about an extinct human species called Homo naledi online and in the Netflix documentary Unknown: Cave of Bones. They argued the small-brained H. naledi buried their dead in Rising Star Cave in South Africa more than 240,000 years ago, and may also have ...
On September 13, 2013, speleologists Rick Hunter and Steven Tucker descended deep into South Africa’s Rising Star Cave system and discovered the first evidence of an extraordinary assemblage of hominin fossils. To date, the remains of more than 15 individuals belonging to a previously unknown species of extinct human, dubbed Homo naledi, have been found ...
Kangaroos are an enduring symbol of Australia’s uniqueness. To move, they do what no other large mammals do: They hop along on oversized hind legs. So you may be surprised to learn that there are tree-kangaroos that actually live in trees, and are among the most endearing and threatened of all marsupials. Today, biologists recognize ...
Research examining traces of parasites in the remains of medieval Cambridge residents suggests that local monks were almost twice as likely as ordinary working townspeople to have intestinal worms — despite monasteries of the period having far more sanitary facilities. A new analysis of remains from medieval Cambridge shows that local Augustinian friars were almost ...
It is intriguing to think how ancient human inventions paved the way for the progress of science and technology in our present day. Examples such as making metal weapons, developing tools for agriculture, the discovery of fire, etc. Archaeologists have always wondered about the origin of wheels, an invention that helped humans take a big ...
Analyses of ancient DNA from the ancestry of modern Europeans have now painted a picture of dramatic population change in Europe from 45,000 to 7,000 years ago. The study is now helping to unlock the secrets of Europe’s Ice Age inhabitants. The genetic data was analyzed from 51 individuals. The results indicated that there were ...
The discovery of a site, which dates back 14,550 years, shows that human civilizations existed in the southeastern United States much earlier than scientists previously believed by as much as 1,500 years. According to a research team led by a Florida State University professor, the discovery of stone tools alongside mastodon bones in a Florida ...
The discovery of a 12-million-year-old dog fossil has placed yet another species on the growing list of discoveries. However, this dog, which lived in a time when the massive megalodon shark roamed in the oceans, would not have been man’s best friend. The new canine species has been named Cynarctus wangi, named after Xiaoming Wang, ...
A new study examining the chemical make-up of iron artifacts from the Viking age aims to uncover new insights into where they came from that could reveal previously unknown information about historic events. Scientists from the University of Nottingham are leading the study, which will examine 90 iron Viking artifacts. These Viking artifacts are weapons ...