500 Years Old “Zoombie Viruses” That Killed ‘Giant’ Woolly Mammoths 500 years ago the last Woolly Mammoths roamed the Earth. He and the rest of his brethren died off after the end of the last Ice age. Researchers have found…
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The Papuan tribe cares for a 250-year-old mummy to preserve ancient rite It’s all about paying respect and preserving a tradition. How would you like to spend the night with the mummified remains of a long-dead relative? What sounds like…
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Unraveling the Mysteries of Lucy: 3.2 Million-Year-Old Human Ancestor Discovered in Ethiopia It was November 24, 1974. In the United States of America, the year’s number-one music singles included “Annie’s Song” by John Denver and “Bennie and the Jets” by…
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Jaw-Dropping Discovery: 18th-Century Mummified Monks Revealed Suffering From Tuberculosis Infections Scientists recently examined tissue samples from tuberculosis-infected bodies that were naturally mummified in a church crypt in Vac, Hungary. Researchers found that tuberculosis that killed them in the 1700s derived…
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2,000 Years ‘Mummy’s Hair’ Reveals Ancient Peruvians Enjoyed Seafood and Beer The hair of some natural mummies buried about 2,000 years ago in southern Peru appears to have been nicely coiffed prior to burial, with decorated textiles holding it in…
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Ancient DNA Reveals History of Hunter-Gatherers in Europe A pair of studies offering the most in-depth look into the lives of Ice Age hunter-gatherers has revealed at least eight previously unknown groups of early Europeans. Until recently, much about the…
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Scientists Hope to Solve the Mystery of 163 Child Mummies Discovered in Italy The 200-year-old secrets of the child mummies of the Capuchin Catacombs of Palermo in northern Sicily are to be revealed by a British-led team of scientists using X-ray technology.…
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518 Million-Year-Old-Rocks Suggest Animal And Human Life May Have First Emerged In China A new study based on an analysis of 518 million-year-old rocks that contain the oldest collection of fossils that researchers have on record. The researchers believe that…
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Massive 20,000-year-old armadillo shells of the size of a CAR found in Argentina An extraordinary discovery has been made by a farmer in Argentina who was fortunate enough to stumble across the fossil remains of four enormous Glyptodon fossils in…
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Some of the earliest humans in Britain can be identified by 600,000-year-old findings An overlooked archaeological site outside of Canterbury turned out to contain some of the oldest human-made tools in Britain. Many of the artifacts were found in the…
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