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Illustrations of two types of traboa, or sledge, which may be used by ancient people in North AmericaGabriel Uguet Drugmarks and human footprints, composed up to…
Jurassic bird illustration Baminornis Zhenghensis, Showing fossilized bones Zhao Chuang The 150 million-year-old fossil from China may be the world's earliest known bird. The discoveries show that the distinctive short tails of modern birds evolved much faster than previously thought. Birds evolved from theropods, a group of dinosaurs, including tyrannosaurus and velociraptoes during the Jurassic
Vegavis Iaai was an ancient relative of ducks and geese, but it dived for fish like graves and runes Mark Whitton The 69 million-year-old skull found…
3D laser scanning of specimens, Unkus Zaugishi Mary L. Droser A worm-like creature preserved in ancient rocks has been identified as the oldest known relative of…
A pebble with holes excavated from the ruins of Nahal Ein Geb II. Could be an ancient spindle whorlLaurent Davin A 12,000-year-old set of perforated pebbles…
Archaeologist: (also called archaeologist) A person who studies human history and prehistory through the excavation of ruins and the analysis of artifacts and other physical remains.…
James Webb Space Telescope image shows thousands of extremely distant galaxiesNASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Webb ERO Production Team The universe’s first stars were giant monsters thousands…
Archaeologists have dated ancient stone tools unearthed at the Korolevo site along the Tisza River in western Ukraine to 1.42 million years ago. Therefore, these artifacts…
In a cave beneath a medieval German castle, researchers have discovered a bone pit that is said to reveal the secrets of early humans. The remains,…
New research suggests that scientists may now be able to predict which organs will fail first, providing an opportunity for doctors to target aging organs earlier,…