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80,000-year-old “arrowheads” rewrite human history
1+ week, 6+ hour ago (201+ words) Depending on climatic conditions, Central Asia has served as a corridor facilitating movement between the western and eastern parts of the continent or as a refuge zone. The archaeological record in this region is limited but includes several significant Paleolithic…...
Scientists say the human family tree may need a major rewrite
3+ week, 2+ day ago (576+ words) New research from Monash University suggests that recent discoveries about human evolution are challenging the traditional system scientists use to name and classify our ancestors. The research, published in the American Journal of Biological Anthropology, calls for a major reconsideration…...
A lost mega-cliff may explain the Grand Canyon’s missing billion years
3+ week, 2+ day ago (378+ words) A colossal cliff system created as the supercontinent Rodinia broke apart may have exposed the heart of the Grand Canyon nearly a billion years before the Colorado River carved it. The ancient landscape could also help explain why enormous sections…...
Ancient Egyptian princesses were buried with weapons. Their bones reveal why
1+ week, 6+ day ago (274+ words) Weapons buried with ancient Egyptian princesses may have been more than ceremonial decorations. Researchers studying royal mummies from Dahshur found bone changes consistent with years of archery and other strenuous weapon use. Several women also showed evidence of healed injuries,…...
Three forgotten kings could rewrite the history of ancient Assyria
2+ week, 4+ day ago (674+ words) For about a century, scholars studying the Assyrian Empire have treated the Assyrian King List (AKL) as the standard record of the kingdom's rulers and the order in which they reigned, particularly during the later phases of Assyrian history. A…...
16 mummies and a dog reveal a hidden order inside an ancient Egyptian tomb
3+ week, 3+ day ago (467+ words) A tomb in Egypt’s Theban Necropolis reveals a surprisingly organized story of burial, reuse, and changing beliefs spanning hundreds of years. Researchers found 16 mummified people, the remains of at least four more, and a mummified dog, with burials ranging from…...
DNA solves the mystery of a body found in the Arctic in 1859
2+ day, 18+ hour ago (816+ words) Researchers have identified four additional sailors from Sir John Franklin's ill-fated 1845 Arctic expedition, including one man whose identity had remained the subject of debate for more than a century. Anthropologists from the Faculty of Arts at the University of Waterloo…...
A coffee-table-size scorpion roamed Earth before forests existed
1+ week, 3+ day ago (490+ words) A meter-long scorpion with massive pincers stalked ancient Britain 415 million years ago, long before forests and the better-known age of giant insects. Its surprising size and possible semi-aquatic lifestyle could reshape ideas about how early arthropods became giants....
Archaeologists find a 3,000-year-old Egyptian tomb before it’s too late
2+ day, 20+ hour ago (836+ words) The first moment you look inside a newly discovered ancient tomb is at once exciting and terrifying. I was fortunate to experience this recently as director of an international research team carrying out fieldwork in the Theban necropolis, a Unesco…...
“One-in-a-million” sea creature fossil preserves soft tissue for 450 million years
3+ week, 2+ day ago (881+ words) More than 450 million years ago, long before dinosaurs appeared and before animals or plants had spread widely across dry land, crinoids were already thriving in some of Earth's earliest coral reefs. These ancient relatives of starfish looked somewhat like flowers…...