Archeology
The North Pole sinks in the dark winter 53 million years ago
The ancestors of tapirs and ancient relatives of rhinos above the Arctic Ring 53 million years ago lived in the darkness for 6 months each year with more mild weather co…
Archeology
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Detects animals they are 12 million years old with many modern facial features
Scientists in Spain discovered the jaw bone and fossil face bone of a gibbon breed that lived in the Middle Miocene, about 12 million years ago.
Archeology
Animals switch diets when climate changes
Dietary mammals are based on climate changes due to climate, which contrasts with the assumption that mammals maintain their eating habits despite global warming.
Archeology
Two 6000-year-old tombs were discovered in the United Kingdom
A prehistoric complex comprised of 6000-year-old tombs, one of the earliest buildings built in the United Kingdom, was discovered by Kingston University archaeologists.
Archeology
Detecting prehistoric whales
The skeleton of a whale that died about 10,000 years ago was discovered in Strömstad.
Archeology
Doubt about the connection between birds and dinosaurs
A new finding shows that it is unlikely that birds evolved from any known theropod dinosaurs.
Archeology
Archaeological evidence of human activity under Lake Huron
More than 100 feet deep beneath Lake Huron is a wide strip of rock that 9000 years ago was a land bridge, this is the first archaeological evidence of human activity und…
Archeology
New discovery about Qin Shihuang's grave
Chinese archaeologists have just restarted the excavation of terracotta warriors after a 24-year hiatus.
Archeology
Wrong calculation, dinosaurs have a few tons of meat left over
According to a recent study, non-giant dinosaurs like Hollywood filmmakers describe due to errors in previous calculations.
Archeology
Ancient creatures exist in the Arctic winter
Sexually reproducing plants and hippopotamus animals once lived prosperously in the Arctic, where only tundra and white bears remain.
Archeology
CT scan to find the sex of the mummy
The identity, the cause of death and the unique type of burial of mummies has always been a mystery for centuries.
Archeology
Mammoths existed in England until 14,000 years ago
A study in the Geological Journal published on June 17 recently demonstrated the bones found in Shropshire, the UK providing the latest geological evidence of the existe…
Archeology
The mystery of prone remains
Placing a corpse lying on the stomach in a grave is a form of humiliation or punishment for the dead in ancient societies, a Swedish scientist asserts.
Archeology
Piranha fossil is 3 feet long
If you think piranha is a scary fish, you should be glad that Megapiranha no longer exists.
Archeology
Finding fossil animal bones in Lao Cai
A group of scientists from Vietnam Institute of Archeology and Lao Cai Provincial Museum have found fossil bones of many rare and precious animals.