Living Descendants Provide Clues to the Genius’s Genetic Secrets
For centuries, Leonardo da Vinci’s genius has fascinated historians and scientists alike, but now researchers are closer than…
Bronze Age Britons Threw Massive Ragers With Food and Friends From Far Away
You can learn a lot about people by studying their trash, including populations that lived thousands of years…
Scientists Rewrite the Origins of the World’s First Pandemic
Researchers have finally identified genetic traces of the plague bacterium at the heart of the Byzantine Empire, providing…
Prehistoric Skull Found Fused to Cave Wall May Have Belonged to Mysterious Ancient Hominid
In 1960, a villager found something terrifyingly creepy in Greece’s Petralona cave—a humanoid cranium with a protrusion on…
Integrating historical sources for long-term ecological knowledge and biodiversity conservation
McClenachan, L., Cooper, A. B., McKenzie, M. G. & Drew, J. A. The importance of surprising results and…
41,000 Years Ago, Something Weird in Space Changed How Humans Lived on Earth
Wandering magnetic fields would have had noticeable effects for humans. Credit: Maximilian Schanner (GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences,…
75,000-Year-Old Lost World of Arctic Animals Uncovered in Norwegian Cave
Bone fragments back in the lab. Credit: Sam Walker A cave in Norway preserved remains of 46 Ice…
DNA From a Mysterious Extinct Hominin May Have Helped Ancient Americans Survive
New research suggests that as ancient humans migrated into the Americas, they carried a surprising evolutionary advantage hidden…
The World’s First Human Hybrid? Ancient Fossil Stuns Scientists
The skull of Skhul I child showing cranial curvature typical of Homo sapiens. Credit: Tel Aviv University Scientists…
An incredible Denisovan skull is upending the story of human evolution
DNA evidence indicates that a skull unearthed in Harbin, China, belonged to a Denisovan Hebei GEO University One…
13 Years Without Rain. How Drought May Have Toppled the Maya
New cave evidence shows the Maya endured a devastating 13-year drought, helping explain why their once-thriving cities fell…
The story of Stonehenge’s construction just became clearer—thanks to a cow’s tooth – The Art Newspaper
A cow’s tooth buried alongside Stonehenge has thrown light on how the ancient stone circle in Wiltshire, UK…