Woolly Mammoth ‘Proxy’ Could One Day Roam the North American Tundra
The woolly mammoth may have gone extinct as recently as 4,000 years ago on Wrangel Island near Alaska. However, scientists have been working diligently for years on bringing them back.
In 2019, Japanese researchers made a breakthrough using 28,000-year-old DNA from Yuka, a perfectly preserved baby mammoth found on the Yukaghir coastline of Siberia in 2010.
Even though she...
Is There a Connection Between Petroglyphs in Georgia and Bronze Age Europe?
Petroglyphs found in Georgia show a possible connection between some of the earliest archaeological sites in the United States and Bronze Age Europe.
Symbols found etched into stone are remarkably similar. At one ancient site in Savannah, Georgia, some also point to possible connections with the Mesoamericans. Nevertheless, today, those...
Saqqara Reveals More Exquisite Coffins, Mummies, and Rare Wooden Statues
This is an extraordinary time for anyone interested in Egyptian tombs.
A new fascinating film, Secrets of the Saqqara Tomb, has premiered on Netflix. Plus, we just learned that over 100 new ancient coffins and rare 40 wooden and gilded statues have been discovered in Saqqara, meaning another film is probably in order!
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Study finds that inbreeding and other demographic problems alone could have wiped out Neanderthals
Humans may not have been responsible for the ultimate extinction of the Neanderthals according to a new study by Dutch researchers who wanted to know if inbreeding and other demographic problems alone could have wiped them out.
Many different viable theories have been put forward by scientists to explain the...
World’s oldest chess piece could be a rook dating back to the 7th century
The game of chess has been around for a very long time, both fascinating and frustrating players of every age for 1,500 years. Now, one of the oldest chess pieces in history may have been found by archaeologists in the Middle East.
Chess can trace its origins to India in...
5,000-year-old Peruvian pyramid yields grisly clues of human sacrifice
When they found a mysterious pyramid structure in Peru recently, archaeologists knew they had located something of incredible significance, but upon closer inspection, they came to realize that their discovery holds a dark secret that appears to point to the ancient practice of human sacrifice which was once carried...
7,000-year-old monument three times bigger than Stonehenge discovered in Poland
A huge Stone Age monument has been discovered in Poland, and researchers report the site is 360 feet in diameter, making it three times larger than Stonehenge. It is believed the site was used by Neolithic people for at least 250 years, with new features added to it along...
Unusual twin Viking boat graves discovered in Norway by archaeologists
Archaeologists made a fascinating find in Norway recently by uncovering not just one ancient Viking boat grave, but two. And the mysterious bit is that the man and the woman in the double grave were buried 100 years apart.
Vikings often buried important members of their society inside boat graves,...
Study suggests Neanderthals were wiped out by a common childhood ear infection
Of all the possible ways the Neanderthals may have gone extinct, it turns out that it may have been as simple as a common childhood affliction that ultimately spelled their doom.
Illness is part of being human, no matter how much we don't like it. It helps build up our...
Researchers reveal 143 new Nazca Lines of strange humanoid beings and a two-headed ‘snake’
A team of researchers from Yamagata University, along with IBM researchers, has found 143 new Nazca Lines in Peru with the help of A.I. technology. One small geoglyph of a 'humanoid' was found using A.I technology alone for the first time. Among these never-before-seen formations are some strange and...
