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Africa’s giant animals were disappearing long before humans arrived
3+ day, 16+ hour ago (791+ words) A 23-million-year fossil record shows Africa's giant mammals slowly vanished over time because evolution stopped replacing them. Ten million years ago, an African floodplain carried more kinds of giant plant-eaters than most people could name today. Early relatives of elephants,…...
Stone Age families relied on snakes and lizards for food
4+ day, 9+ hour ago (1182+ words) Snakes and lizards made up a surprising share of meals at a Natufian settlement, where the same butchering method persisted for millennia. The familiar picture of the Stone Age diet centers on big animals: a gazelle on a spit, a…...
Ice Age cold left a genetic legacy still found in Japan today
2+ week, 1+ day ago (1227+ words) Ancient DNA suggests Jomon people evolved several genetic adaptations for surviving the extreme cold of the Ice Age. Step outside underdressed in January and your body shivers, which is muscle burning fuel to make heat. Underneath that, a second system…...
Archaeologists find first example of ‘portable symbols’ that traveled on artworks with seafarers over 4,000 years ago
2+ week, 3+ day ago (980+ words) A 4,000-year-old painted plaque reveals how Austronesian seafarers carried art, shared beliefs, and identities across island networks. People crossing ancient seas carried more than tools and food. They also carried symbols of belonging, belief, and community ties. Archaeologists rarely recover…...
Grand Canyon timeline rewritten by uranium dating
3+ week, 5+ day ago (945+ words) Grand Canyon rock dates back 1.75 billion years, yet the canyon is younger than 10 million. New zircon evidence points to a lake that spilled westward and began the carving. The Grand Canyon stretches 277 miles (446 km) across northern Arizona and drops more…...
Scientists think they know how the first birds on Earth learned to fly
3+ week, 6+ day ago (986+ words) A computer model suggests Archaeopteryx may have used two or three powerful leaps to build enough speed for flight. Bird flight did not appear in its modern form all at once. Early feathered animals still carried dinosaur features, so the…...