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Meat is the driving force of evolution
Archeology

Meat is the driving force of evolution

Scientists explained that human ancestors began to use meat as food about 1.5 million years ago, meaning much earlier than current theories.

December 17, 2018
Humans know to eat plants from 180,000 years ago
Archeology

Humans know to eat plants from 180,000 years ago

Scientists believe that modern humans began to appear in Africa after genetic changes helped them to adapt to plant foods. This change makes modern humans can leave the…

December 17, 2018
Strange fossil inside dinosaur belly
Archeology

Strange fossil inside dinosaur belly

The dinosaur fossil has just been found in Liaoning, China has both fossil birds and small dinosaurs inside the stomach, suggesting that the animal once adapted to hunti…

December 17, 2018
Found the Roman ship almost intact
Archeology

Found the Roman ship almost intact

A nearly intact Roman ship was discovered in the waters off the town of Varazze, about 30 km from Genoa and Italy.

December 17, 2018
Cooking - an intense breakthrough of evolution
Archeology

Cooking - an intense breakthrough of evolution

New evidence shows that human ancestors started cooking about 1.9 million years ago, and this finding also explains the structure of the teeth and intestines of modern p…

December 17, 2018
Why do grass-eating dinosaurs have long necks?
Archeology

Why do grass-eating dinosaurs have long necks?

The act of swallowing food is considered to be the cause of herbivore dinosaurs with large bodies with long necks and small heads. That is the conclusion of German scien…

December 17, 2018
Civilization rises due to climate change
Archeology

Civilization rises due to climate change

Inca construction, war art and farming techniques make the whole world admire for thousands of years. But they will not have such achievements if the climate does not be…

December 17, 2018
The first vertebrate live on trees
Archeology

The first vertebrate live on trees

At the end of the Paleozoic period (260 million years ago), before the period of dinosaurs ruling Earth, the ancient predecessor of tree mammals to eat leaves and avoid…

December 17, 2018