Explore archaeological discoveries, fossils, ancient civilizations, human origins and artifacts that reveal how people and species lived in the past.
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Paleontological findings over the past year have shown that Earth is not simply a world of dinosaurs in the Triassic - Jurassic - Cretaceous periods, but an extremely di…
Chinese scientists have discovered a prehistoric insect from Cretaceous amber that shows the earliest ant-mimicking behavior.
The food that suddenly increased in the human diet 2 million years ago was meat, the SciTech Daily newspaper cited research.
Experts found many flat stones with sharp edges and clay balls that are likely to be precursors of later ninja weapons.
This set of straws was discovered by the Russian archaeologist, Nikolai Veselovsky, in 1897 at the Maikop Kurgan grave mound in the northern Caucasus.
New research shows that the typical Struthiosaurus dinosaur lived a slow, solitary life, with little mobility and poor hearing.
A large mausoleum in Aswan has given scientists 20 mummified Egyptians but not Egyptians, who were forgotten centuries after tomb robbers carried away all the treasure.
The mystery that once baffled famous scientist Charles Darwin has been solved 140 years after his death.
Early evidence of the use of prosthetics has been found in an ancient tomb in the middle of a mysterious cemetery in northern Italy.
Scientists discovered an ancient road network with a series of round or pendant-shaped tombs surrounding it.
The secret of Omo I, fossil remains unearthed among volcanic ash in Ethiopia in 1960, has just been deciphered by scientists.
A CT scan of a mummy dating back millennia has provided further insight into ancient medical methods.
With a total of 209 coins found by the badger, this is determined to be the largest collection of ancient coins ever discovered in northern Spain.
What is the story of the 3 'revival' of specific terracotta warriors? And is there any explanation for this mystery?
The stone found 220 years ago turned out to be a priceless treasure when viewed inside.