Archeology
The oldest wood fossil
Scientists say they have found the two oldest known fossil plant samples that humans have collected. A sample found in Newbrunn (Canada) and a sample found in France.
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The vestige of the ancient village house is over 200 years old
Scientists and archaeologists have discovered signs of ancient communal houses dating back more than 200 years and hundreds of ancient ceramic artifacts made of earthenw…
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The oldest nail in the world
According to the American Journal of Athropology, the world's oldest nail, 55.8 million years ago, belongs to a species of extinct primitive named Teihardina brandti.
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China found 7 million years old bird fossils
The Hezheng Animal Fossil Museum in Gansu Province, northwestern China on August 19 said it had discovered the intact fossil of a bird dating back more than 7 million ye…
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Detecting intact mammoth corpses in the North Pole
The expedition team, headed by Professor Natalia Fyodorova, revealed the body of the intact preserved mammoth like the corpse of a 40,000-year-old mammoth named Lyuba, d…
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Mummies grafted from parts of many people
In 2001, four mummies discovered in South Uist in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland, were the first mummies in Britain to be assembled from parts of different people. It is…
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Found life on Mars from microbial fossils
Researchers discovered fossils of microorganisms at Strelley in Western Australia, dating back 3.4 billion years before land and oxygen atmosphere on Earth, reinforcing…
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Dinosaurs are hot-blooded and active
Professor Roger Seymour works at the School of Environmental Science & Earth, University of Adelaide, Australia, has applied the latest theories of anatomy and physiolog…
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Egypt's oldest pyramid airbag
Huge air bags used by British experts to support the ceiling for Egypt's oldest pyramid from collapsing.
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Italy discovered a skeleton of 5,000 years
Italian archaeologists have discovered the remains of a woman dating back 5,000 years, on a hillside of this tiny Introd village in the Northern Alps region of the Aosta…
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Detecting human bones in 2,000-year-old bronze drum
The authorities have just discovered a bronze drum dating from about 2,000 to 2,500 years at the coffee field of Mr. Do Van Ninh's family, Dien Bien 3 village, Ea Kmut c…
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What color does prehistoric birds have?
Recently, scientists have identified and detected pigmented particles called melanosomes in bird fossils very early as well as in some dinosaurs and they predict the col…
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Discover new insect families dating back 120 million years
The fossil of a family of winged insects that has not been known for 120 million years is found in fine limestone layer in Brazil.
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Bac Kan: Detecting traces of prehistoric people in Ba Be
In the area of 6 communes in Ba Be Lake area and Nang River basin, archaeologists discovered 3 sites with traces of prehistoric people.
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Peru exhibits more than 200 ancient mummies
Museum Leymebamba, Peru has just exhibited more than 200 mummies from Chachapoyas culture. The show took place last Saturday. Chachapoyas is a tribe living in the Amazon…