Immense volcanic activity helped the dinosaurs rise to prominence some 200 million years ago, a study suggests. Dinosaurs were the dominant vertebrates on land for some 135 million years.While it […] full story
Category: Archeology
Possible new human ancestor found in Siberia
The creature, nicknamed “Woman X” for the time being, could have lived as recently as 30,000 years ago and appears only distantly related to modern humans or Neanderthals, the researchers […] full story
Find out about ‘Hobbit’ island’s deeper history
Long before a ‘hobbit’ species of human lived on Indonesia’s Flores island, other human-like creatures colonised the area. That much was clear. But scientists have now been able to date […] full story
1,000 years old shipwrecks found in the Baltic Sea
A dozen previously unknown shipwrecks have been found on the bed of the Baltic Sea; some of them are thought to up to 1,000 years old, the Swedish National Heritage […] full story
Meet the Linheraptor exquisitus, Velociraptor’s cousin
Scientists have discovered a new species of dinosaur that was closely related to the Velociraptor. The 1.8m-long predator was a dromaeosaurid – a family of theropod dinosaurs from which modern […] full story
Giant Monkey God Statue found in Egypt
Egyptian archaeologists have discovered an ancient statue of the pharaonic deity of wisdom, Thoth, in the shape of a baboon, the council of antiquities said in a statement on Tuesday. […] full story
Medieval toddler provides ground-breaking information into human thought processes
The brain was found mummified inside a wooden coffin in boggy soil close to Quimper, in Brittany, before being placed in formalin solution. The boy, who was around 18 months […] full story
Old engravings on 80-ton boulder suggest ancient Israelites in North America
An 80-ton piece of mountain in the middle of New Mexico’s wilderness engraved with an abbreviated version of the Ten Commandments in Hebrew that has had a few Greek letters […] full story
Shark-Bitten Crocodile Poop Fossils Found
The coprolites — one chunk of rock is fist-sized, the other is about 30 percent larger — were discovered on a beach along the western shore of Chesapeake Bay, says […] full story
Swiss watch designer creates with dinosaur feces
A Swiss watchmaker expects to earn much money with your new creation. And it is not a clock with gold, diamond and titanium, but a substance more original: dinosaur poop. […] full story