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Ancient Evidence of Dog Care in Punarbashi, Turkey, dating back 15,800 years. Credit: Kathryn Killackey A groundbreaking discovery at a 15,800-year-old archaeological site in Turkey has…
A groundbreaking study by paleontologists at Yunnan University reveals that two Myrodonidae fish species, which thrived in what is now China approximately 518 million years ago…
Historic Anatomical Preparations from the Hunterian Anatomical Museum Museum of Anatomy © The Hunterian, University of Glasgow A remarkable discovery has identified a cold virus that…
Unearthed in 1958 by a young fossil hunter in Albion, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, dinosaur footprints have been officially recognized as the continent’s oldest, dating back approximately…
A recent discovery in Greece has unveiled the oldest known hand-held wooden tool, dating back approximately 430,000 years, utilized by early human ancestors. One tool, crafted…
Reconstruction of a Paleolithic woman crafting wooden tools Credit: G. Prieto; K. Harvati Remarkably, some of the oldest known wooden tools have been unearthed in an…
Recent findings reveal that these stencils are over 15,000 years older than cave paintings in another Sulawesi cave, which were dated in 2024. The painting features…
Ancient Hand Stencil: Modified to Resemble Claws Afdi Agus Octaviana A stunning discovery of a nearly 68,000-year-old hand stencil on the walls of a cave in…
Image of SN Eos supernova taken by the James Webb Space Telescope Astronomers have identified a colossal star’s explosion shortly after the universe emerged from the…
For over 20 years, Sahelanthropus tchadensis, one of the earliest hominid species (dating back 6.7 to 7.2 million years), was discovered in Chad in 2001. This…
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Painted alongside scientist Manel Esterer, Maria Blagnas Morela contributed to research aimed at uncovering her secrets of longevity Manel Esterler From January 17, 2023, to August…
Mummies are commonly linked with Egypt and date back around 4,500 years. However, researchers have discovered mummies that are significantly older on the opposite side of…
Paleontologists have discovered the complete skull and skeleton of the Triassic Lepidosaurus species – Agriodontosaurus Helsbypetrae – from the Hellsby Sandstone Formation in Devon, England. Agriodontosaurus…
In a recent study, researchers examined the ancient microbial DNA of 483 mammoths, preserved for over a million years. This included 440 newly analyzed unpublished samples…
Armored Ankylosaurus Dinosaur While primarily recognized in late Cretaceous ecosystems of the Northern Hemisphere, the early evolution of ankylosaurs during the medium Jurassic era remains largely…
wudingloong wui existed around 200 million years ago in Yunnan Province, China, during the early Jurassic Epoch. Reconstructed skeletons and representative bones of wudingloong wui. Individual…
Protein fragments survived in the extreme environment of Rift Valley, Kenya Ellen Miller In Kenya, fossilized teeth from an 18 million-year-old mammal yielded the oldest protein…
Geologists have found significant evidence indicating the preservation of Hadean Rocks, with an age of 4.16 billion years. The Nuvvuagittuq Greenstone Belt offers a rare glimpse…
In a cave in northern Spain, researchers found fossilized face fragments of ancient human ancestors. The ruins, known as “Pink,” are estimated to be between 1.1…
Norwegian researchers have connected the dots from 2,000 years ago, suggesting that a woman could have engraved her name on the oldest dated runestone ever discovered…
An Alabama woman achieved a significant milestone on Saturday by becoming the longest surviving recipient of a pig organ transplant. After receiving a new kidney, she…
The Paleolithic rock shelter at Segonyol 3 in the Paris Basin contains a miniature representation of the surrounding landscape, according to a team of archaeologists from…
A new genus and species of Monophenestratan pterosaur has been identified from partial and postcranial fossils discovered in the Chubut province of Patagonia, Argentina. named Mercamtel…
The oldest verifiable person in the world is Jeanne Louise Calment, who lived to be 122 years and 164 days old. It’s incredible to imagine what…
According to Professor Glenn Schwartz of Johns Hopkins University, the script dates from around 2400 B.C., making it roughly 500 years older than any other known…
Archaeologists say they have discovered the world’s oldest known evidence of intensive loess mining at least 48,000 years ago at Lion Cave in Ngwenya, in the…
Paleontologists have discovered the well-preserved fossilized remains of an early anuran tadpole. Notobatrachus degiustoi At Estancia La Matilde in Patagonia, Argentina. Reproducing the lives of tadpoles…
Scientists discovered fossils in Argentina’s Santa Cruz provinceMariana Chubar et al., Journal (2024) The beautifully preserved fossilized tadpoles are the oldest discovered by science, dating back…
Göbekli Tepe, an archaeological site in southern Turkey, features several Neolithic temple-like enclosures decorated with many intricately carved symbols. Göbekli Tepe, Enclosure D, Pillar 43. Image…
Palaeontologists have discovered the fossil of a previously unknown species of lizard in mid-Cretaceous amber unearthed in northern Myanmar. Reconstructing your life Electrosincus Zeddyparts of the…
A treasure trove of ancient plant remains unearthed in Kenya helps explain the history of plant cultivation in equatorial East Africa, a region long thought to…
Archaeologists used a new technique called Laser Ablation U-series (LA-U-series) to re-date some of the oldest cave paintings in the Maros-Pangkep region of South Sulawesi and…
Scientists in South Africa were surprised to find that a termite mound standing in the country’s arid regions is over 30,000 years old, making it the…
Traces of cave paintings depicting pigs and human-like figures from Leang Karampuang, Sulawesi, IndonesiaGriffith University An Indonesian cave painting depicting a pig with a human-like figure…
2,000-year-old wine discovered in Roman tomb in Carmona, Spain Juan Manuel Roman/University of Cordoba Chemical analysis has revealed that a reddish liquid discovered in a 2,000-year-old…
Recovering ancient records of the Earth's magnetic field is difficult because the magnetization of rocks is often reset by heating during burial due to tectonic movements…
NASA/ESA/CSA Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have discovered a small, active galaxy within GN-z11, an extremely bright galaxy that existed just 420 million years…
Fossilized skin fragments collected from the Richards Spur Cave system in Oklahoma, US, are at least 21 million years older than any previously reported skin fossil.…
Researchers have discovered what is believed to be the oldest skin fossil on record. The alligator-like skin, which is at least 286 million years old, was…