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Study Russian city 'Big legged picnic'
Archeology

Study Russian city 'Big legged picnic'

Officials of a Russian city yesterday announced they planned to set up a science institute to study snowmen, also known as large legged victims, despite scholars' object…

December 17, 2018
Modern people have a new ancestor
Archeology

Modern people have a new ancestor

The discovery of a 30,000-year-old fossil proved that Neanderthals and modern humans are not the only human species on Earth.

December 17, 2018
Discover the oldest mammoth mummy
Archeology

Discover the oldest mammoth mummy

Found in permanently frozen land south of Siberia, the mammoth mummy of Khroma is an extremely rare historical specimen.

December 17, 2018
Detected the baby mammoth corpse 37,500 years old
Archeology

Detected the baby mammoth corpse 37,500 years old

The body of a Siberian mammoth died about 37,500 years ago and is preserved in the ice being examined in Japan. The test results will help scientists understand why the…

December 17, 2018
Discover the mummy of a young mammoth
Archeology

Discover the mummy of a young mammoth

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…

December 17, 2018
Paris: Auction for 15,000-year-old mammoths
Archeology

Paris: Auction for 15,000-year-old mammoths

Christie Paris collectibles group has just opened an auction of huge Siberia mammoth skeleton with a life of over 15,000 years. The owner of this precious skeleton spent…

December 17, 2018
Meteors explode into night in Siberia
Space science

Meteors explode into night in Siberia

On the night of December 6, a meteorite fell on Beysky region in Khakassia, southwestern Siberia (Russia), causing the night sky to glow as day.

December 17, 2018
Found evidence in the Tunguska case?
Space science

Found evidence in the Tunguska case?

A Russian scientist has claimed to have found the first meteorite in a mysterious explosion in Siberia in 1908. The Tunguska event in June 1908 was one of the mysterious…

December 17, 2018
Russian meteorite turned into
Space science

Russian meteorite turned into

After an asteroid explosion in a poor Siberia town, Larisa Briyukova wondered what to do with the strange stone she found.

December 17, 2018