The Prehistoric Rock Art of Tassili N’Ajjer, Algeria Just Outside the Desert Oasis of Djanet, Algeria, there’s a national park brimming with pieces of the past. A trip through the alien-like landscape of Tassili n’Ajjer is like stepping into an open-air…
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Archaeologists discover a medieval skeleton with his boots still on in London Archaeologists excavating a site along with the Thames Tideway Tunnel—a massive pipeline nicknamed London’s “super sewer”—have revealed the skeleton of a Medieval man who literally died with his boots on. “It’s extremely…
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Fossil hunters uncover complete 252 Million-year-old underwater world Fossil hunters have uncovered the remains of an ancient marine ecosystem that arose in the aftermath of the most devastating mass extinction in Earth’s history. The spectacular haul of 20,000 fossils from…
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Fossil of a beetle inside a lizard inside a snake: an ancient food chain Paleontologists have uncovered a fossil that has preserved an insect inside a Lizard inside a snake – a prehistoric battle of the food chain that ended…
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2,000-Year-Old Roman Face Cream With Visible, Ancient Fingermarks A 2,000-year-old cream was discovered inside a sealed Roman jar, replete with fingerprints. The metal item, which measures 6cm in diameter and is in good condition, was discovered during excavations at a Roman…
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Fossil child skull 2.2-million-years-ago reveals humans smarted great apes key childbirth A fossil more than two million years old could help explain why man became so brainy. The Taung fossil, an early hominid that was discovered in South Africa in…
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Oldest Ever Fly With Stomach Full Of Food Found After 47 Million Years When scientists investigated a 47-million-year-old Fossilized Fly found at the Messel Pit fossil site in Germany, they noticed it looked a bit chonky. So they took a…
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This Wooden Phallus Might Be a Rare 2,000-Year-Old Dildo Archaeologists have uncovered what could be a rare example of an ancient sex toy carved from wood, found in a Roman fort known for a plethora of phallic motifs. The ruins…
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Dirty secrets: sediment DNA reveals a 300,000-year timeline of ancient and modern humans living in Siberia Science Magazine reports that analysis of more than 700 soil samples from Siberia’s Denisova Cave has detected traces of modern human DNA, which suggests that modern…
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Ancient Egyptian Child Mummies Show High Rates Of Anemia Anemia was common in mummified Ancient Egyptian children, according to a new study that analyzed child mummies in European museums. Researchers used computed tomography (CT) scans to peer non-invasively through the…
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