San Francisco couple unearths stunning limestone sculpture tied to WPA artist
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A couple in San Francisco recently unearthed a 150-pound limestone…
‘Earliest evidence’ of elephant butchery at Olduvai Gorge shared in new study
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Elephants are widely adored by many people today — but…
‘Earliest evidence’ of elephant butchery at Olduvai Gorge shared in new study
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Elephants are widely adored by many people today — but…
First-known bone of hatchling T. rex discovered stashed among museum collection
Erosion caused by heavy rains uncovered an The discovery of a tiny baby Tyrannosaurus rex foot bone gave…
Modern Humans May Have Shared Culture With Neanderthals for 20,000 Years
Most people alive today possess a small amount of Neanderthal DNA—a biological relic from tens of thousands of…
What Happened to Australasia’s Lost Crocodiles? New Research Reveals a Dramatic Extinction Story
Australia’s crocodiles are the last survivors of a far more diverse group of ancient crocodylians that once dominated…
Scientists Unlock Hidden DNA From 1,300-Year-Old Manuscripts
Researchers have demonstrated a nondestructive way to collect cellular material from historical parchment manuscripts, allowing them to conduct…
Genetic diversity of late Neanderthals in northwestern Europe
Skov, L. et al. Genetic insights into the social organization of Neanderthals. Nature 610, 519–525 (2022). Article ADS …
Study: New identification technique pushes back timeline of human fire use
A new technique to identify ancient fires has pushed the known timeline of early human fire use and…
Bangkok Post – Plague was killing hunter-gatherers 5,500 years ago: study
Disease long associated with Europe believed to have emerged far earlier in Siberia Marmots are thought to have…
Lethal plague outbreaks in Lake Baikal hunter-gatherers 5,500 years ago
Barbieri, R. et al. Yersinia pestis: the natural history of plague. Clin. Microbiol. Rev. https://doi.org/10.1128/cmr.00044-19 (2020). Article PubMed …
In African cave, Israeli, international scientists find signs of earliest use of fire
A team of international researchers, including Hebrew University of Jerusalem’s Dr. Liora Kolska Horwitz, has found evidence of…