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...
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New study reveals what brought down the powerful Assyrian empire
For 1,400 years, the ancient Assyrian empire dominated the Middle East ruling an area stretching from Turkey to Egypt and east to Iran through what...
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Scientists genetically link orangutans to giant ape thought to be Bigfoot
Bigfoot may or may not be real, but there is a living relative of the giant ape thought to be Bigfoot already living among us...
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Archaeologists apply radar tech to study ‘ghost footprints’ of ancient humans and animals
Unbeknownst to most of us, there are ancient footprints right under our feet beneath the ground we continue to walk on today, and now scientists...
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Are billionaires buying up land away from the coasts based on prophecies or inside information?
These days, life on our fragile planet seems to be under threat on numerous fronts, from climate change to pollution, to overpopulation, to nuclear war....
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Scientists confirm legends, revealing the face of Viking warrior woman with battle wound
For fans of the “Vikings” series on the History Channel, the idea of shield-maidens, strong woman warriors are welcomed and unsurprising. However, in the real...
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Study reveals ancient humans migrated to the Levant from Europe 40,000 years ago
A study of ancient teeth belonging to modern humans and Neanderthals of the Aurignacian culture at Manot Cave in Israel is shedding new light on...
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Could an increase in Antarctic ice levels trigger a new ice age and help reverse global warming?
Scientists studying the causes of ice ages say that an increase in Antarctic ice levels could be enough to trigger a new ice age that...
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Scientists trace modern human lineage to Botswana in Africa, disappointing racists everywhere
It is generally accepted by scientists that modern humans, also known as Homo sapiens, migrated out of eastern Africa around 200,000 years ago. But a...
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Ancient astronaut theorists take note as scientists trace ancestral home of all humans to southern Africa
Mainstream scientists seem to have inadvertently given some support to the ancient astronaut theory again. Recently, we wrote about a “new” scientific discovery that unlocked...
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Archaeologists confirm that dogs can successfully sniff out ancient tombs from 800 BC
In a new effort to find ancient tombs and burials, archaeologists are turning to the oldest form of detection technology that humans have been using...
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Divers exploring a shipwreck share video of encounter with enormous alien-like egg sac
You never know what you could find in the depths of the ocean. Never-before-seen alien-like organisms are discovered all the time. This time, a diver...
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Subaquatic ship graveyard may help solve the Biblical mystery of Noah’s Ark
It’s one of the most well-known stories from the Bible: Noah and his family were instructed by God to build an ark and load it...
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Ancient cuneiform tablets prove historically accurate in regards to possible threat to Earth
Some 3,000 years ago, astrologers working for the king of the Assyrian empire kept a close eye on the skies, and what they found and...
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Does a massive, prehistoric shark still prowl the oceans?
If you’ve seen the movie “Jaws,” then you probably recall perhaps the most famous scene in it: The giant great white shark swims by a...
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How did the last Woolly Mammoths die out on this Russian island near Alaska?
When we think of woolly mammoths, we think of creatures that walked the Earth tens of thousands of years ago before the entire species became extinct...
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New DNA study gives researchers a fascinating look at the Neolithic Battle Axe Culture
Around 5,000 years ago, a culture known as the Battle Axe Culture (BAC) existed in Scandinavia and Germany as part of the larger Corded Ware...
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The Vikings may have caused one of the earliest animal extinctions associated with humans
Up until the 12th century, a unique species of walrus thrived in Iceland. And then the Vikings arrived, thus marking the beginning of the end...
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Computer dating to 87 BC found aboard ancient Greek shipwreck
A shipwreck from the days of ancient Greece has yielded an incredible treasure which reveals that Greek culture of the time — around 87 BC...
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Will Loki, a massive volcano on Jupiter’s Io moon, erupt as predicted?
Io is the fourth-largest moon in the solar system and is the innermost of the four Galilean moons of Jupiter. Io is also the most...
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Extraterrestrials may be spying on Earth from a nearby location in the Milky Way
For just a moment, consider that we aren’t alone in the universe and other life forms exist beyond the Milky Way and Earth, which is...
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Evidence of three human species and dangerous animals in one ancient Siberian cave
As technology advances, the archaeological field is utilizing new tools to make discoveries that otherwise would have been missed. And thanks to new microscope technology,...
