Archeology
Aboriginal Australians represent the oldest civilization on Earth
The study, published this week in the journal Nature, found that the ancestors of indigenous Australian and Papuan Aboriginal people met and mated with a mysterious race…
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Find out the cause of Lucy's death
According to the Sun, world media today unveiled the announcement of American scientists about the cause of Lucy's death - the human ancestor after 42 years of no explan…
Archeology
Are the ancestors of Chinese people from ancient Egypt?
A well-known scientist has elicited a heated debate online when claiming that the founders of Chinese civilization are not Chinese, but immigrants from Egypt.
Archeology
The 250 million year old fossil of crocodile ancestors
Scientists discovered a 250 million-year fossil of a crocodile-like ancient carnivorous lizard, surviving a massive extinction event that wiped out 90% of Earth's creatu…
Archeology
Discover evidence that explains the evolution of tyrants
Scientists have reported fossilized specimens of a dinosaur named Timurlengia euotica who lived 90 million years ago.
Archeology
The oldest detection of human DNA can rewrite human evolutionary history
Scientists are studying the DNA patterns of skeletons dating back to about 430,000 years and it is likely that we must re-examine human evolution with this discovery.
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Indonesia's ancient dwarf was wiped out by human ancestors?
According to a recent study, prehistoric dwarfs who lived in Indonesia many thousands of years ago may have been wiped out by the first modern humans.
Archeology
The 10 ancient people do better than we do today (Part 1)
Our ancestors had extremely unique knowledge of metallurgy, mathematics, chemistry, astronomy and more.
Archeology
Humans inherit good genes from ancient Neanderthals
The ancient Neanderthal breed has left modern humans (Homo sapien) not only some good genes against disease, but also their allergies.
Archeology
When do people know how to wear clothes?
Scientists discovered that people began dressing 170,000 years ago at a time when people went out of Africa and migrated to other regions.
Archeology
Portrait of human ancestors
The Natural History Museum Senckenberg in Frankfurt, Germany has exhibited
Archeology
Discover new human relatives in South Africa
1400 pieces of bone, 140 teeth of a new human species, named Homo Naledi, have been discovered in a cave deep in the ground in Africa.
Archeology
4 questions about new human relatives
The discovery of new human relatives called Homo naledi (H. naledi) in a deep cave in South Africa raises many questions around their existence.
Archeology
Revealing new ancestors of modern dolphins
Fossils of a new dolphin have revealed the process of dolphins moving from oceans into rivers.
Archeology
The 1,500-year-old baby mummy may be the ancestor of the Hungarian king
Archaeologists found a stone coffin closed, inside a mummy of about 1,500 years old. This person may be the ancestor of Attila - the magnificent king of the mighty Hunga…