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Mysterious Origins of Britain's 4,000-Year-Old 'Devils’ Arrows' Stone Monument Have Finally Been Solved
2+ day, 22+ hour ago (637+ words) A Curtin University-led research team has successfully identified the mysterious origin of several 4,000-year-old 25-ton stones, which ancient architects used to construct Britain’s iconic Devil’s Arrows, as Birmingham Rocks in North Yorkshire, over 11 miles (18 kilometers) from the monument’s location. The…...
Scientists Say the “Lizard Brain” Is a Myth, But the Truth About How Our Brains Evolved May Be Even Stranger
2+ day, 22+ hour ago (1390+ words) One of the most popular explanations of human behavior has been that somewhere beneath our rational mind lurks an ancient “lizard brain”—a primitive evolutionary holdover responsible for instinct, emotion, fear, and aggression. There is just one problem. Neuroscientists have…...
Hidden in Medieval Texts for Centuries, New Genetic Evidence of an Ancient Killer Has Surfaced
5+ day, 23+ hour ago (446+ words) The story of a Medieval European plague is coming into focus through historic manuscripts, but not in the way you might think. Instead of providing mere historical accounts, the animal skins from which these Medieval volumes are constructed provide genetic…...
15,000-Year-Old Cave Discovery in Ireland Could Push Back Earliest Evidence of Humans on the Island by 5,000 Years
6+ day, 21+ hour ago (727+ words) Prehistoric art hidden in caves throughout southwestern Ireland for thousands of years could push back the timeline on the earliest human presence on the Emerald Isle by as much as 5,000 years, archaeologists say. The remarkable discoveries may reveal a previously…...
900-Year-Old DNA Reveals Cacao Reached Ancient Georgia, Rewriting Chocolate’s History in North America
1+ week, 3+ day ago (684+ words) Nine centuries ago, people gathered at what is today recognized as the Etowah Indian Mounds site, located roughly 40 miles northwest of Atlanta, Georgia, for enormous community feasts. They ate, drank, and eventually discarded broken pottery into pits that would become…...
The Search for a "Second Earth," a Magnetic "Clock" in Ancient Pottery, and Alien Life Lurking in Venus's Clouds
1+ week, 4+ day ago (138+ words) The Debrief The Search for a “Second Earth,” a Magnetic “Clock” in Ancient Pottery, and Alien Life Lurking in Venus’s Clouds This week in stories we’re tracking here at The Debrief: NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Telescope was launched on Sunday,…...
Scientists Discover Ancient Pottery Contains a Magnetic "Clock" That Can Reveal Its Past
1+ week, 4+ day ago (447+ words) New research suggests ancient pottery may contain a magnetic “clock,” providing researchers with a lasting record of how long ago ceramic artifacts were created. According to scientists at the University of California, San Diego, the newly-developed method allows this lingering…...
Archaeologists Unearth 6,500-Year-Old ‘Sun and Moon’ Ritual Center That Predates Stonehenge by 1,000 Years
2+ week, 4+ day ago (716+ words) A University of West Bohemia (UWB)- led team of archaeologists has unearthed an ancient Czech ritual center linked to the movement of the Sun and Moon, predating Stonehenge by over 1,000 years. The UWB-led team behind the discovery said the site’s…...
Lost for 1800 Years, a Mysterious Altar Linked to an Ancient Roman Cult Resurfaces as Drought Drains Europe’s Rivers
3+ week, 22+ hour ago (586+ words) An unexpected discovery by archaeologists has revealed an ancient cult object in the suddenly shallow waters of one of Europe’s longest rivers. The discovery involves a portion of a limestone altar found near Dunaújváros in Hungary, uncovered during surveys of…...
A New Discovery at Göbekli Tepe Could Reshape Our Understanding of One of the Ancient World’s Most Perplexing Sites
3+ week, 23+ hour ago (391+ words) The enigmatic Neolithic site of Göbekli Tepe in Turkey, home to some of the world’s earliest advanced megalithic construction and sophisticated symbolic art, continues to surprise archaeologists. Since the discovery of megalithic features during excavations at the site led by…...