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Another point for life on Mars: Signs of liquid water discovered under the planet's surface
NASA's InSight lander measured Marsquakes, and now its data is hinting there's a reservoir of liqui…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
18 ancient Egyptian human skulls are being auctioned for $250 each, in a grim sale of colonial spoils
Auctoneers are selling 18 ancient Egyptian skulls from the famed Pitt Rivers collections for $250 e…
Mia Jankowicz
Javelin throw evolution: From an ancient hunting and warfare technique to a modern Olympic Sport
Neeraj Chopra's remarkable Olympic performances have made javelin throw a focal point for crores of…
Over 80% of prehistoric megaherbivores went extinct due to human activity and not climate change: Study
Recent studies have spotlighted the extinction or rapid decline of large mammals over the past 50,0…
'Intellectually inferior' humans caused Neanderthals to go extinct, a new book claims
Neanderthals' extinction is one of the biggest mysteries about the species. In "The Naked Neanderth…
Jenny McGrath
From the sands of time: 4,000-year-old skulls reveal how ancient Egyptians tried to treat cancer!
Ancient Egyptian medical practices were incredibly advanced for their time. These early medical pra…
Strengthening monsoons might have enticed early humans to migrate from Africa to East Asia: study
Back in Southeast Africa, where our ancestors initially called home, things were getting rough. Dry…
Ancient people may have used human skulls for cups and other body parts for tools, according to a burial site in Spain
Many prehistoric people modified bones to honor the dead or make trophies. Archaeologists for smoot…
Jenny McGrath
Multiple sclerosis is more common among white Europeans. Researchers studying ancient DNA may have figured out why.
Researchers studying ancient DNA linked genetic susceptibility to multiple sclerosis with Yamnaya h…
Jenny McGrath
An ancient skull unlike any human ever seen is baffling scientists and could rewrite the story of our evolution
The skull, found in China in 2019, looks like an ancient modern human but has the chin of a Denisov…
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The real Paleo diet was heavy on plants with very little meat, according to a study of early human remains
The study looked at the remains of ancient people buried in the Andean Altiplano of Peru about 9,00…
Marianne Guenot
An ancient missing continent was finally rediscovered 155 million years after it vanished
Researchers at Utrecht University in the Netherlands think they have uncovered the mysterious landm…
Marianne Guenot
Scientists finally think they know why giraffe necks are so long
Giraffes have the longest necks of any living animal today, but scientists debated why for over a c…
Jessica Orwig
Neanderthals and humans may belong to the same species, say scientists. It could rewrite the history of our evolution.
As we begin to unpick the history of human and Neanderthal evolution, new scrutiny is being placed …
Marianne Guenot
A mysterious hole on Mars could be a jackpot of scientific discoveries, from extraterrestrial life to where astronauts could live
NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter imaged a hole on Mars in 2022 that recently resurfaced, reigniti…
Ellyn Lapointe,Jessica Orwig
A drought in the Amazon uncovered ancient, eerie face carvings that look like emojis
The carvings could provide crucial information on prehistoric indigenous populations in the Amazon.
Marianne Guenot
A tiny ancient elephant that roamed Sicily 200,000 years ago had babies the size of pet dogs
The Sicilian dwarf elephant was a tiny, evolutionary marvel. An exhibit at the American Museum of N…
Maiya Focht
Scientists discovered 50,000-year-old viruses in Neanderthal DNA that could help explain their mysterious extinction
Research found signs of ancient viruses in Neanderthal DNA that they may have gotten from ancient h…
Jenny McGrath
Archaeologists found a secret chamber at the base of the Great Pyramid of Giza, and they have no idea what it is
Archaeologists used high-tech methods to find a strange L-shaped structure in Giza, Egypt. Above gr…
Jenny McGrath
A discovery of more than 30,000 ancient Roman coins may point the way to a hidden shipwreck
Italy's ministry of culture says that the Roman coins date back to the first half of the 4th centur…