1+ week, 9+ hour ago   (312+ words) Researchers theorize that firelight, storytelling and shared attention may have helped push human communication beyond basic survival signals. Humans sitting around a campfire, telling stories, spooky or otherwise, may have been just the evolutionary shot in the arm our ability…...

1+ week, 21+ hour ago   (356+ words) VICE Get unlimited access to everything VICE has to offer. The scientific community has been making one fascinating discovery about Neanderthals after another of late, broadening our idea of an ancient human ancestor we once incorrectly assumed was so stupid…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (310+ words) vice.com Get unlimited access to everything VICE has to offer. If you’ve ever seen ancient Egyptian art or pottery that somehow, all these thousands of years later, still looks vibrant, like it was painted recently, a research team publishing…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (294+ words) New research suggests the so-called vampire was a wealthy teenage girl who may have been blamed for illness or famine in her village. You may have already met Zosia. She’s been dead for over 400 years, but you’ve probably even seen…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (332+ words) The attraction was built with modern materials, but visitors were told it dated to antiquity and had ties to Caesar, Cleopatra and Juliet. If you’ve ever visited a tourist hotspot abroad and wondered whether the legend attached to it might…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (297+ words) His remains were absolutely wrecked by more than 160 fractures, including 61 breaks in the skull. For as devastating as a direct hit from a trebuchet seems like it would be, archaeological evidence has never provided much proof that any one person…...