22+ hour, 1+ min ago  (813+ words) More than 3,000 graves now define a Roman burial ground beneath Zadar, Croatia's oldest continuously inhabited city, used for nearly 500 years. That concentration of tombs redraws the city as a place where centuries of daily life unfolded directly above a long,…...

1+ day, 13+ min ago  (786+ words) The finding extends direct evidence of porcupines into the far northwest and shows that frozen ground can preserve younger animals, not only ice age species. Inside a dried slab of skin roughly 12 by 8 inches, coarse hairs and flesh preserved a…...

1+ day, 17+ hour ago  (776+ words) Researchers have uncovered a cluster of rock-cut tombs in Aswan, a city in southern Egypt along the Nile River, dating back more than 4,000 years. One chamber contained about 160 well-preserved pottery vessels. The discovery shows that this burial site remained active…...

2+ day, 4+ hour ago  (845+ words) Scientists have identified a previously unknown human lineage in northern East Asia that persisted beyond the end of the last ice age. The finding shows that deeply rooted human branches continued into a period of major cultural change rather than…...

3+ day, 15+ hour ago  (803+ words) Scientists have found that nearly all late Neanderthals across Europe descend from a single maternal lineage that spread after a major population collapse about 65,000 years ago. That result reframes their final history as one of survival by a small refuge…...

3+ day, 17+ hour ago  (868+ words) Now, a new set of rock art discoveries in northern Australia is adding something fresh to thatstory. A project led by Griffith University's Professor Paul Ta'on documented 14 newly recordedthylacine images and two Tasmanian devil images at two locations in northwest…...

4+ day, 23+ hour ago  (862+ words) A sudden fire can destroy a village, but in rare cases, it can also protect history. Around 3,500 years ago, a Bronze Age settlement called Cabezo Redondo in present-day Spain faced such a fire. While homes and workshops burned, the same…...

6+ day, 1+ hour ago  (727+ words) Scientists have spent years searching for the origins of modern apes in specific regions, but a new fossil from Egypt is now changing that direction. This discovery is not just another addition to the fossil record " it is making researchers…...

1+ week, 8+ hour ago  (800+ words) Neanderthal genome analysis reveals that this extinct species of ancient humans, who lived across Europe and parts of Asia, spent much of their history in tiny, isolated populations across Eurasia. That changes their story from one of simple endurance to…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (771+ words) Hairline cracks in concrete can nearly seal themselves as bacteria build minerals inside them. Wider and diagonal cracks can reduce water leakage by as much as 80%. These discoveries show that the shape of concrete cracks plays a key role in…...