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Prehistoric Europeans like to eat spicy
Archeology

Prehistoric Europeans like to eat spicy

Civilization of prehistoric Nordic people loves spicy food. They use garlic, mustard as a spice in dishes thousands of years ago.

December 17, 2018
Fertilizers were used 8,000 years ago
Archeology

Fertilizers were used 8,000 years ago

During the Stone Age around 6,000 years BC, farmers knew how to use cattle manure such as cows, sheep, goats and pigs as a slow-release fertilizer for plants.

December 17, 2018
Europeans' extinct 4,000 years ago?
Archeology

Europeans' extinct 4,000 years ago?

Australian scientists have recently analyzed some of the excavated skeletons in Germany and discovered that the European gene structure has mysteriously changed around 4…

December 17, 2018
Freshwater monsters in Europe
Archeology

Freshwater monsters in Europe

Paleontologists found the 84 million-year-old fossil of a predatory animal in freshwater environments that scientists never knew in Hungary.

December 17, 2018
Discover the oldest well in Europe
Archeology

Discover the oldest well in Europe

Archaeologists have discovered in Germany 4 ancient wells of 7,000 years old. This can be considered the oldest wells in Europe.

December 17, 2018
Pharaoh's chairs sit copyrighted
Archeology

Pharaoh's chairs sit copyrighted

When Tutankhamen died, his grave was filled with precious objects, including two folding chairs, an ivory made of ivory ebony. These sophisticated chairs were used in Eg…

December 17, 2018
Chinese pandas are originally from Europe
Archeology

Chinese pandas are originally from Europe

With the discovery of fossil teeth belonging to the relatives of giant Chinese pandas today, scientists believe that the ancestors of giant pandas could have originated…

December 17, 2018
The oldest European text dates to 3,000 years
Archeology

The oldest European text dates to 3,000 years

A handwriting clay tablet, dating back over 3,000 years, is considered the oldest European text, just discovered when scientists excavated the area in southern Greece.

December 17, 2018