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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
More than 4,500 Skeletons Discovered in Islamic Necropolis in Spain CNN reports that more than 4,500 graves have been identified at a cemetery in northeastern Spain, in an area thought to have been largely untouched by the Arab invasion of the…
Metal monolith found by a helicopter crew in Utah desert In a remote part of Utah, after being spotted by state employees counting sheep from a helicopter, a Mysterious Monolith was found. The structure appeared to be planted in the soil,…
Historic Byzantine Amphora discovered by a swimmer at the beach in Crete An ancient amphora, which is a vase that was historically used to store and transport things such as wine, oil and grain was discovered by a man who…
A mysterious 520 million-year-old sea monster with tentacles coming out of its mouth discovered Recent research finds that the discovery of a fossil demonstrating an underwater marine monster with 18 tentacles surrounding its mouth has helped solve a modern-day puzzle…
A 2,100-year-old statue of Cybele the Anatolian mother goddess unearthed in northwestern Turkey An approximate 2,100-year-old Cybele’s rare marble statue, Anatolia’s mother goddess, has been discovered in excavations on the Black Sea coast of Northern Ordu province. The historic sculpture of Cybele sitting…
