In 1916, during the upgrade of a road leading to Fausland farm on Hitra Island, workers upgrading the road with gravel from the shore of Barmfjorden’s innermost part stumbled upon human bones amidst the sand and stones. These bones belonged to a man around 25 years old, living at the end of the Stone Age, […]
Introducing the Trøndelag Man from the Stone Age Read More »
The discovery of rare rock art depicting cattle in the Sahara Desert implies past lushness with abundant resources for diverse animal life. The Eastern Desert of Sudan, known as the “Atbai,” hosts nomadic communities and was surveyed by archaeologists between 2018 and 2019. Their aim was to investigate interactions between local nomads and external cultures.
Rock Art Suggests that Cows Used to Graze in the Lush, Verdant Sahara Read More »
In the journal Environmental Archaeology, our recent study delves into the insights that ancient civilizations’ written records can provide about the wildlife they coexisted with. Our research, centered on venomous snakes documented in an ancient Egyptian papyrus, reveals a surprisingly diverse array of snake species in the land of the pharaohs. This newfound diversity sheds
Scroll Study Shows More Ancient Egyptian Venomous Snakes Read More »
We all have heard of Africa as the “cradle of humankind” or the “fountain of humankind”, due to the earliest evidence of human ancestors found here. A new research show on how the African ancestor mixture and a couple of truths on how they lived and connected came to light. A group of 44 researchers
The Ancient African Continent DNA Revelation! The Amazing Truth Read More »
The Cape of South Africa and its southern coast were once surrounded by thriving landscapes and abundant food, with long chains of caverns running along the area. Approximately 200,000 years ago, during a glacial phase known as Marine Isotope Stage Six (MIS6), these caves provided a refuge for a group of humans who may have
A team of researchers has made an interesting discovery in a Neanderthal cave in southwestern France. They have found several large animal skulls, including those of a bear, a lion, and a hyena, all of which are much larger than the animals typically hunted by Neanderthals. The skulls were discovered in an area of the
A Large Number of Animal Skulls Were Found in Neanderthal Cave Read More »
Geologists in northern Guatemala have discovered a large Maya site that stretches roughly 650 square miles (1,700 square kilometres) and dates to the Middle and Late Preclassic time (approximately 1000 B.C. to 250 B.C.). The findings were the outcome of an aerial survey that scientists conducted through airplanes utilizing lidar (light detection and also ranging),
Lasers Show Massive, 650-Square-Mile Maya Site Hidden Beneath Guatemalan Rainforest Read More »
Crocodiles were mummified uniquely at the Egyptian site of Qubbat al-Hawā during the 5th Century BC, concerning to a study released January 18th, 2023, in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Bea De Cupere of the Royal Belgian Institution of Natural Sciences, Belgium, and the College of Jaén, Spain, and associates. Mummified animals, including crocodiles,
Mummified Crocodiles Offer Insights Into Mummy-Making Over Time Read More »
A group of scientists affiliated with numerous institutions in the united states, collaborating with members of The Anson Street African Cemetery Project, have found out some of the history behind some of the slaved buried in 18th century Charleston, South Carolina– home to one of the busiest slave ports in American history. In their paper
A rare three-dimensional fossil of an ancient chimera has revealed new hints of the diversity of these creatures in the Carboniferous time, some 300 million years ago. Ancient chimera A research study led by the Muséum national d’histoire naturelle (MNHN) and the University of Birmingham revealed an ancient relative of chimeras– jawed vertebrates that are
Ancient Chimeras Were Suction Feeders, Not Shell Crushers Read More »