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Denisovan remains dating back up to 167,000 years found in China
8+ hour, 22+ min ago (354+ words) Denisovan remains dating back 134,000 to 167,000 years have been discovered in Bianfu Cave in Yunnan Province in southwestern China. Two studies published in the journal Nature on September 9 also describe the stone tools and way of life of this group of…...
Artwork by submariners’ families displayed at Scottish Maritime Museum
2+ hour, 44+ min ago (331+ words) ARTWORK by families of Royal Navy submariners is now on display at a new exhibition in Irvine. The Scottish Maritime Museum is hosting the art exhibit, which is part of a creative wellbeing project designed to support the families of…...
Deseret News archives: Lascaux ice caves — world’s oldest art gallery — discovered in 1940
15+ hour, 4+ min ago (12+ words) On this day in 1940, 17,000-year-old artwork was discovered in France...
'Perfectly preserved' Neanderthal skull bones suggest their noses didn't evolve to warm air
9+ mon, 3+ week ago (301+ words) A Neanderthal skull was discovered in a cave in Altamura, Italy, in 1993. | Credit: Constantino Buzi/IPHES-CERCA A digital analysis of the perfectly preserved nose bones on a bizarre-looking Neanderthal skull reveals that a long-standing theory about Neanderthal noses doesn't pass…...
Modern humans interbred with Neanderthals before they disappeared, and most people of non-African ancestry still carry roughly 1 to 4 percent Neanderthal DNA today — meaning part of the human population we once thought we simply replaced never actually vanished
2+ day, 1+ hour ago (104+ words) The fossil record suggested modern humans simply wiped out their evolutionary cousins, but genetic evidence now reveals a messier, more intimate history of coexistence and interbreeding....
Historical art can hide scientific secrets
1+ day, 19+ hour ago (245+ words) From bats eating birds to butterfly behavior, art can contain ecological clues Artworks from the past, like this one from the 1690s by Maria Sibylla Merian, can give modern scientists insights into animal behaviors and relationships. In the upper right corner…...
Large international collaboration improves accuracy of radiocarbon dating using marine fossils
2+ day, 8+ hour ago (452+ words) Sedimentation is more important than other factors in the 'time averaging' of marine fossils The investigators analysed more than 7,500 fossils, which were collected from a variety of oceanic environments around the world The study decodes a fundamental process in Earth’s…...
Global Team Boosts Radiocarbon Dating with Marine Fossils
2+ day, 8+ hour ago (643+ words) Sedimentation is more important than other factors in the 'time averaging' of marine fossils The investigators analysed more than 7,500 fossils, which were collected from a variety of oceanic environments around the world ANSTO has contributed to a large international study…...
Cave fossils in China reveal lives of mysterious human relatives
2+ day, 19+ hour ago (1035+ words) Alongside the seven Denisovan fossils, the researchers uncovered tools made of bone and stone, as well as fossilized pollen and animal remains. Published Sep 10, 2026 10:58 AM EDT | Updated Sep 10, 2026 10:58 AM EDT (CNN) — Archaeologists excavating a cave in southwestern China have unearthed…...
Scientists capture two DNA strands zipping together for the first time
2+ day, 20+ hour ago (483+ words) Tiny Ions Help DNA Overcome Repulsion Professor Agnes Noy, from the School of Physics, Engineering and Technology at the University of York, co-led the research. She said: "This discovery could help researchers identify regions of the genome specially involved in…...