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Cremated remains of Iron Age man found in south of Scotland
7+ hour, 36+ min ago (426+ words) The cremated remains of an Iron Age man have been unearthed during an archaeological excavation in Dumfries and Galloway. Burnt bone fragments were discovered during an initial dig of the Adie's Brae settlement at Ericstane, near Moffat, in 2024. Specialist analysis…...
Handy work: Stencil rock paintings found in Indonesia may be world's oldest cave art
2+ mon, 4+ week ago (386+ words) Scientists have discovered what may be the world's oldest cave art. Handprints on cave walls in a largely unexplored area of Indonesia are believed to date back to at least 67, 800 years ago. The tan-colored prints analysed by Indonesian and Australian…...
What happened when humans and Neanderthals hooked up
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (989+ words) The 2010 discovery that early humans and Neanderthals once encountered one another and had babies was a scientific bombshell that electrified the field of human origins. Now, geneticists at the University of Pennsylvania say they have a better understanding of the…...
3. 67 million year old fossil provides new insight into the evolution of the human face
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (1046+ words) Little Foot's face looks like it has been through a slow-motion car crash, because it has. For millions of years, rock pressure and shifting sediments pushed and twisted the fossil's facial bones until the front of the skull no longer…...
Human evolution's biggest mystery has started to unravel. How 2025 tipped the scales
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (1311+ words) Human evolution's biggest mystery, which emerged 15 years ago from a 60, 000-year-old pinkie finger bone, finally started to unravel in 2025. Analysis of DNA extracted from the fossil electrified the scientific community in 2010, when it revealed a previously unknown human population that…...
We spent three years interviewing 160 Bigfoot hunters
2+ week, 2+ day ago (1232+ words) Be it a hoax or an undiscovered species, the mystery and mythology around Bigfoot has captured people's imaginations for decades. Widely regarded as a cultural icon, Bigfoot was catapulted into the public sphere in 1967 when grainy footage was captured of…...
Archaeologists Found a 7, 000-Year-Old Deer Antler That May Have a Ritualistic Past
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Oldest known poison arrows were used to hunt animals 60, 000 years ago
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (823+ words) Scientists have detected traces of plant toxins on Stone Age arrowheads that were used by hunter-gatherers in South Africa about 60, 000 years ago. "In persistence hunting, poisoned arrows did not usually kill prey instantly," said lead study author Sven Isaksson, professor…...
The World's Deadliest Wolf Was a Human Hunter
7+ mon, 3+ week ago (192+ words) AOL. com Werewolves often stalk the pages of horror stories, resurfacing each Halloween to send shivers down our spines. But what if one such tale wasn't legend at all? In 1820s Sweden, a wolf launched a relentless three-month rampage, killing one…...
Scientists Analyzed 41, 000-Year-Old Neanderthal Bones'And Reached a Horrifying Conclusion
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (422+ words) Signs of de-fleshing on the bones of Neanderthals found in a Belgian cave suggest that one group cannibalized another. Women or juveniles were eaten, and they may have been targeted because they were smaller or weaker. Researchers have labeled this…...