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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…...
Africa’s giant animals were disappearing long before humans arrived
3+ day, 22+ 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,…...
Stacked mummies in an Egyptian tomb looked like chaos until archaeologists mapped their burial order
1+ week, 5+ day ago (1280+ words) A mummified dog lay across two bodies in a Theban tomb where every new burial was fitted around the ones already lying there. When an Egyptian tomb turns up full of mummies stacked on each other, the usual explanation is…...
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…...
Long before logos, Arabian potters built a brand 3,200 years ago
3+ week, 2+ day ago (1038+ words) Potters at an Arabian oasis may have built a recognizable brand that traveled more than 80 miles, thousands of years before modern advertising. People recognize a product before they read the label. The shape of a bottle or the pattern on…...
Stone Age families relied on snakes and lizards for food
4+ day, 15+ 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…...
Sensors found two air pockets sealed for 4,500 years inside Giza’s smallest pyramid, and they may lead to a hidden entrance
1+ week, 6+ day ago (824+ words) At 207 feet (63 meters) high, Menkaure has spent centuries as the quiet third sibling of Giza, dwarfed by the massive shadows of Khufu and Khafre. But now may be its time to shine. On the eastern face of the smallest great…...
Mysterious ‘ghost DNA’ is hiding in every living human
3+ week, 4+ day ago (1055+ words) People worldwide carry DNA from a mysterious extinct human lineage that interbred with our ancestors long ago. A DNA test can tell you how much of your DNA came from Neanderthals. That number exists because researchers pulled DNA out of…...
Humans were making silk almost 2,000 years before China’s Silk Road opened
3+ week, 2+ day ago (1351+ words) Three 4,000-year-old cocoons from a Bronze Age fortress in Uzbekistan carry the proteins of China's domesticated silkworm, long before the Silk Road opened. Silk has a familiar origin story. Chinese weavers developed silk production early, and traders later carried it…...
4,000-year-old stone preserves a symbol ancient voyagers carried across the sea
3+ week, 5+ day ago (1241+ words) Archaeologists found a 4,000-year-old painted stone in Indonesia that may trace the shared beliefs and identities carried by ancient ocean voyagers. Moving means deciding what to carry and what to leave behind. Four thousand years ago, people crossing open ocean…...