People have avoided inbreeding from 3,000 years ago
Right from 34,000 years ago, our ancestors knew that inbreeding was a bad idea.
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Right from 34,000 years ago, our ancestors knew that inbreeding was a bad idea.
The Cultural Heritage Agency said the archaeological remains of a bathroom equipped with a flush toilet used in the Silla Kingdom dating back (57 BC to 935) have just be…
According to archaeologists, this excavation may prove there are at least seven bronze statues buried in the seabed in this area.
The report of the Argentine Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET) announced on October 9 that the fossil was found in the eastern province of Mendoza.
Millions of years ago during the Jurassic period, there was a marine reptile named ichthyosaur that used to hunt prehistoric squid species.
A group of Norwegian hunters found the Viking 1,200-year-old sword preserved in perfect condition on a high mountain.
A number of antiques have been found in an ancient cemetery in the province of Gilan in northern Iran called Asb Risseh, the head of the excavation in the cemetery has j…
Specifically, this Roman mosaic can be designed to be built in 380, in a carpet that depicts Greek heroes Bellerophon riding Pegasus with wings.
The invention of ancient Egypt is worthy of admiration for the descendants of the next generation, when there are many of our everyday objects originating from them.
The Egyptian Archeology Department discovered five Roman tombs in excavations carried out in the Beir Al-Shaghala area at Dakhla Oasis in the western desert of Egypt.
Scientists have unearthed a rare dinosaur fossil in Colorado, USA, believed to be 66 million years old, according to a recently released report.
Earth in the past has had periods of global warm weather, abundant oxygen in the air, creating conditions for species to grow suddenly.
The researchers found a block of amber in Myanmar, inside the body of a new blood-sucking ant that dates back 98 million years, Smithsonianhalang reported September 13.
In the medieval town in the south of France, the crypt beneath the church contains one of the world's most famous remains, including the skull and the bones belonging to…
In the manuscript Bakhshali scattered symbols for numbers