Explore archaeological discoveries, fossils, ancient civilizations, human origins and artifacts that reveal how people and species lived in the past.
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According to an international study published in Science, the most powerful volcanic eruption in Earth history in Toba (Indonesia) about 70,000 years ago has left no dis…
After thousands of years buried in permafrost in northwest Siberia, the tiny mammoth is now put to the surface, and may be the best specimen of this genre. Confirmation…
On July 11, a group of adventurers began a reed boat trip as prehistoric times crossed the Atlantic from North America to Europe, to rewrite history and prove that the c…
The use of chili in Mexico was 1,500 years ago. An American study based on the analysis of 10 types of peppers found in two archaeological sites in the Oaxaca valley has…
All ancient Egyptian royal mummies will be rechecked after scientists discovered a person was mistaken for a pharaoh. Dr. Zahi Hawass, Secretary-General of the Egyptian…
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To find out when dinosaurs began sex, researchers at the American Museum of Natural History in New York and colleagues studied seven dinosaur fossils buried while hatchi…
A large bathroom complex is located in a splendid 2nd century residence of a newly excavated rich Roman. It shows where people eat, sleep, talk and have sex.
The way to conquer the throne in the animal world of dinosaurs is longer than expected. They do not suddenly appear after the ancestors die, but in parallel exist and tr…
According to geneticists, the Australian and Melanesia indigenous peoples in Papua New Guinea may be descended from the same modern human branch from Africa some 50,000…
A monkey-like animal - considered the common ancestor of humans, human and monkey primates - is not as intelligent as people think. Scientists drew this when analyzing a…
The world's oldest wooden anchor was discovered in the mud at the bottom of the sea at a Turkish port in the Aegean Sea.
Chinese archaeologists are studying ancient stone sculptures they claim are evidence that Chinese writing appeared 8,000 years ago.
A meteor has exploded in the sky of the earth about 12,900 years ago, creating a rain of fire that burns almost the entire northern hemisphere. The evidence for this hyp…