Archeology
Fossils reveal the ancestors of today's lizards and snakes
The specimen found in the Alps is believed to be the fossil of the ancient lizard species living on Earth at least 240 million years ago.
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Archeology
Mystery about ancient tombs for hundreds of years of remains in Nghe An
A few days ago, the local people were excited about a grave believed to have been found for hundreds of years in Thanh Chuong district (Nghe An).
Archeology
Stressful life makes people stand upright
When comparing chimpanzees - relatives of humans, living in dense forests and savanna, scientists recognize many difficulties of primitive people when changing their hab…
Archeology
Evidence of the arrival of Philippine islanders 700,000 years ago
According to scientists' writings, scattered stone tools in heaps of hippopotamus show that they came to the Philippines archipelago about 709,000 years ago.
Archeology
What are the ancestors of all living things?
Since ancient times, there is only one form of life on earth - that is the most common common ancestor of all cells, or LUCA.
Archeology
One of the most feared prehistoric beasts was extinct because of eating vegetables
In prehistoric times, or more specifically, in the ice age, there was an animal with an extremely scary appearance. They weigh up to 500 pounds, 1.7 meters high, 3.5 met…
Archeology
New excavation changes the concept of alcohol and beer for more than 2,000 years of Greece
According to a recent study, it seems that the ancestors of the Greeks not only produced wine, but also devoted a lot of effort to cooking and enjoying beer.
Archeology
The Swiss mummy 230 years old is the ancestor of the British Foreign Minister
The mummy excavated more than 40 years ago in the city of Basel - Switzerland has recently been confirmed by scientists as the remains of Anna Catharina Bischoff.
Archeology
Humans and sharks have the same ancestors
According to a new report published by the University of Chicago research team (USA), at 440 million years ago, a common ancestor of humans and sharks once existed on Ea…
Archeology
11,500-year-old baby girl revealed human origins in North America
According to scientists, from her DNA she could see that her ancestors almost certainly came to Alaska from 8,500 years ago, passing through the mainland connecting Beri…
Archeology
Human ancestors migrated around the world much earlier than we thought
For thousands of years, Homo Sapiens first crossed mountains, deserts and oceans to Africa.
Archeology
We have become more extinct with the Neanderthals than we thought
A newly excavated 52,000-year-old piece of bone in Croatia has revealed more about the origins of humanity.
Archeology
Cause vampire kangaroo is extinct
Modern kangaroo ancestors may be more fortunate than a group of kangaroo with fangs to attract mates in a survival war.
Archeology
'Water monsters' eating shark meat may be human ancestors
A fossil discovered in Ningxia, China, has created a debate over the past century: is the ancestor of humans and other four-legged animals a prehistoric sea monster?
Archeology
People have avoided inbreeding from 3,000 years ago
Right from 34,000 years ago, our ancestors knew that inbreeding was a bad idea.