Health
DNA carries an ancient viral signature capable of destroying cancer
Part of the ancient virus that infected human ancestors for millions of years still lurks in our DNA.
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Archeology
Exposed strange creatures weighing 1 ton, clawed dagger, tapir face
A giant creature, muscular, dagger-like claws ... probably the lost ancestors of the marsupial marsupial animals in Australia.
Archeology
Discovered the new face of a human ancestor 3.9 million years old
A complete skull belonging to the first human ancestor - living 3.8 million years ago - was discovered in Ethiopia and this has shed light on the evolutionary history of…
Archeology
The truth is that the ancestors of ancient elephants and rhinos appear to be more 'monstrous' than they are today!
The ancestors of modern elephants are curly-haired mammoths, but if you look further into prehistoric times, their ancestors are extremely strange-looking animals and se…
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Ancient remains reveal our 'fishman' ancestors
More than a dozen sets of bones belong to the extinct species of the genus. He possesses the characteristics of the fishermen who stirred the ocean.
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Ancient humans used to live on a reverse Earth
Volcanic data show that our ancestors spent 22,000 harsh years when the Arctic of the Earth gradually turned into Antarctica and vice versa.
Archeology
The ancestors of humans once lived on a mountain of 4,000m high through the Ice Age
Recent scientists have discovered the first evidence of the presence of ancient people in Mount Bale, Ethiopia, Africa up to 45,000 years ago.
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People know when to sleep?
The journal Nature published a new study showing that zebrafish sleeps like humans, thus deducing before human ancestors moved away from the marine environment, the slee…
Animal world
Did you know how to caress cats properly?
Many of us have been bitten or scratched by friendly cats while caressing them, even though a minute ago they were enjoying that 'happiness'.
Health
When did people start having heart attacks?
Our ancestors began to have atherosclerosis and heart attack about two or three million years ago due to mutations in the gene that malaria is used to invade the human b…
Archeology
Discovering the 'love path' where 5 species of humans mate in deformities
A road from Africa across the Eurasian continent has revealed evidence of anomalous love between our modern humans and at least four ancient extinct human species.
Animal world
What is the deep reason that animals are chosen to domesticate?
Have you ever wondered why our ancestors chose certain species as we see them today to domesticate - not other species?
Archeology
Human ancestors 9,000 years ago also faced urban problems
Human ancestors from about 9,000 years ago have faced modern urban problems such as overpopulation, violence and environmental hazards.
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Detecting ice age people in Siberia through milk teeth
Humans have been living in Siberia for about 40,000 years, and a new genetic analysis has been made through the discovery of ancient baby teeth that will bring about the…