Life On Earth Probably Began Thanks To A ‘Modified’ Version Of Modern DNA
Understanding the origins of life, and why (so far) only Earth is home to nearly infinite forms of life is perhaps one of the greatest...
Human Origins
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How the Mayan People Survived for Thousands of Years
We have all heard at least some of the histories of the Mayan culture unless, of course, you’ve been living under a rock. From the...
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Scientists Find Oldest Weapons in America, Rewriting History Books
A team of scientists has discovered what are now considered to be the oldest weapons ever discovered in North America. The researchers came across ancient...
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Out of Australia Theory Explains Second Round of Sex with Denisovans
Ancestors of Modern East Asians had Sexual Encounters with both Southern and Northern Denisovan Populations During Migrations into Eurasia 60,000 years ago Sex always sells...
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13-million-year-old skull answers questions about the origins of the human species
This 13-million-year-old skull is the most intact primate fossil ever discovered and offers unprecedented details on how exactly apes became human. An international group of experts...
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Is everything we’ve been told about Human Origins and history a lie?
No, we don’t have all the answers to the countless enigmas that have baffled experts for countless decades, but we do have what many consider...
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Listen to what our ancestors’ language sounded like 6,000 years ago
Is it possible that this is how the language of our ancestors sounded in the distant past? The Indo-European languages constitute the largest family of...
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New Human Ancestor: Researchers say strange bones ‘raise many more questions than they give answers’
Researchers admit that the new discovery is ‘like nothing found before,’ raising more questions than providing answers. According to a set of newly discovered fossils at...
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2.8 million year old Human fossil found, will it change history?
It’s no joke when articles pop up online stating that history will be rewritten by the pace archaeological discoveries are made worldwide. A fossil jaw...
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Researchers discover earliest known piece of polyphonic music
According to a new research, the earliest known practical piece of polyphonic music has been discovered, and is considered an example of the principles that...
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Historians Claim To Have Found The Remains Of Atlantis Near The Coast Of Spain
Are these the remnants of the legendary city of Atlantis? I have written plenty of times in the past about Atlantis, the mythical long-lost city-state...
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Origins Of The Flood Myth I: The Black Sea Deluge
Article written by Simon E. Davies contributor to Ancient Code. Don’t forget to check out Simon’s Facebook Page. There is an enduring myth that pervades...
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Scientists Create DNA Molecule That Could Help Find Alien Life
Scientists are finally starting to think as scientists should in terms of alien life. As a result, they’ve synthesized an “artificial” molecular system that handles...
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Neanderthal Art Dated to 65,000-years-ago in Spain
New findings from cave sites in Spain suggest that Neanderthals had nothing to envy in respect to their cognitive skills when contrasted against their close...
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New study suggests Homo sapiens were not the first to use fire
For decades, archaeologists have agreed that Homo sapiens were the first to create and use fire some 400,000 years ago, marking a profound turning point...
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Hidden handwritten draft of the King James ‘authorized’ Bible discovered
Some argue that this ancient manuscript proves how the Bible is, in fact, a work of fiction. The King James Bible was created after King...
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Humans are a hybrid species according to Geneticist
Human Origins: The Hybrid Hypothesis According to statements from Dr Eugene M. McCarthy, the Homo sapiens are the result of a hybridization between the chimpanzee...
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The Origin of Humans according to Ancient Sumerian Texts
Like many other creation stories from different cultures around the globe , Sumerian clay tablets tell the story of how GODS literally created and later...
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Corn: The Long And Winding Road To Domestication Includes Many Surprises
Scientists have long believed that farmers in southern Mexico first domesticated corn, otherwise known as maize, from teosinte, an ancient forbearer some 9,000 years ago...
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Ancient Tools Discovered In China Rewrite Mankind’s History
Ancient tools and bones discovered in China by a group of archaeologists indicate that the first humans left Africa and arrived in Asia sooner than...
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A bone fragment points to a mysterious and unknown species of humans according to new research
A bone which remained forgotten for 25 years points to an unknown human species according to new research In 1989, archaeologists unearthed the remains of...
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5.7 Million-year-old footprints found on Greek Island challenge human evolution theory
“What makes this discovery a controversial one, is the age and location of the footprints,” said one of the researchers. The newly-discovered footprints from Crete...