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Rude language and tools were born at the same time
Researchers from the University of Liverpool, UK, conducted brain activity tests of 10 stone tool production experts. Participants were asked to perform a tool-making ex…
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Discover the oldest scorpion fossil
Archaeologists have discovered a 350-million-year-old scorpion fossil in South Africa, considered the oldest animal fossil ever lived on the ancient continent of Gondwan…
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A double casket was excavated at a car park in England
A group of archaeologists from the University of Leicester (UK) announced on July 29 that they unearthed a double coffin in a car park in central England.
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Discovered a tomb full of treasures in southern Russia
Archaeologists of Bashkortostan University (Bashkortostan Republic of the Russian Federation) have found the intact grave of a noble woman in southern Russia. It contain…
Archeology
Fertilizers were used 8,000 years ago
During the Stone Age around 6,000 years BC, farmers knew how to use cattle manure such as cows, sheep, goats and pigs as a slow-release fertilizer for plants.
Archeology
Giant fish of dinosaurs
Scientists have discovered a fish longer than 16m, twice as heavy as a double-decker bus and lived 160 million years ago.
Archeology
Students dress up with Roman treasures
Alex Kirton, a first-year archeology student at Durham University (UK), has discovered a 1,800-year-old stone head in an area near the town of Bishop Auckland, Durham co…
Archeology
Detecting ancient primeval forest under the sea
A diver discovered a large primeval forest buried under a sediment off the coast of Alabama.
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The lizard bears the name of a rock singer
American researchers discovered a new species of ancient Asian lizard and named it after the famous 1960s rock singer, Jim Morrison.
Archeology
Unearthing mammoths with fresh blood in Siberia
During a Siberian expedition, a group of scientists found the mammoth corpse stored in perfect condition, so that the blood remained in the animal's body.
Archeology
The oldest text about Israel
The University of Bologna in Italy said it may have found the oldest and most complete scroll of Judaism's most important text: the Torah.
Archeology
New discovery of dinosaurs 'aerial assassins'
The small flying dinosaur named Microraptor is considered one
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Europeans' extinct 4,000 years ago?
Australian scientists have recently analyzed some of the excavated skeletons in Germany and discovered that the European gene structure has mysteriously changed around 4…
Archeology
Discovering the great treasure of ancient Egypt
Marine archaeologists from Oxford University, who excavated the coastal city of Thonis-Heracleion, were drowned in water thousands of years ago.