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Peru’s Ministry of Culture reveals warrior-themed ritual vessel at Chankillo UNESCO site
The ministry says the find reinforces interpretations of the oldest solar observatory in America as a stage for military disputes and elite power legitimization.
DNA confirms Yersinia pestis as cause of the first recorded pandemic 1,500 years ago
3,000-year-old axe discovered in Indonesia might have come from Outer Space
9,750-year-old ‘street’ found in Central Anatolia’s Canhasan 3 mound
Harvard scientists pinpoint two pelvic breakthroughs that put humanity on its feet
Study reveals how growth plate reorientation transformed the human ilium from tall and narrow to short, wide, and curved, creating the bowl-shaped pelvis essential for upright walking.
Gold rush in Korea’s graves: Eunsun-ri & Dogye-ri tombs yield ornaments and pottery
The tomb groups span about 2 square kilometers in Yeongwon-myeon and include more than 270 tombs.
A 12,000-year-old cold case: is this earliest murder recorded in Southeast Asia?
"TBH1 lived for several months after the injury occurred," the researchers wrote, adding that without effective treatment the fracture likely led to infection and death within weeks or months.
Unearthed in Morocco's Atlas Mountains: a 165-million-year-old 'porcupine' dinosaur
The unique and striking neck armor of Spicomellus Afer must have been energetically expensive to form and carry, suggesting it served a display function rather than practical use.
Meet Kostensuchus Atrox, a land-stalking crocodile cousin from late Cretaceous Argentina
A 70-million-year-old apex predator fossil with a well-preserved skull and skeleton marks the first nearly complete specimen of its kind ever described in the region.
Neanderthal diversity: Iberian Neanderthals handled the dead with cave deposits, not graves
Archaeological study reveals systematic accumulations of Neanderthal remains in Iberian caves, indicating intentional mortuary practices distinct from burial traditions documented in other regions.
1.8 million-year-old human jawbone discovered in Georgia; a key ‘to Eurasia's first colonies’
The Orozmani site, 100 kilometers from Tbilisi, contains layers dated 1.77-1.84 million years old and could reveal the lifestyle of Eurasia's first human colonies outside Africa.
8,500-year-old village frozen in time: rising seas reveal a rare archaeological site in Denmark
€13.2 million EU-funded project recovers artifacts from submerged Mesolithic settlement, preserved in oxygen-free sediments after rapid sea level rise forced ancient communities inland.
Skulls for sale: inside the shocking legal void fueling Britain’s black market in human remains
Instagram sellers. Grave robbers. Gothic collectors. And a law that says almost nothing.
How the world won’t be destroyed: NASA found a solution to a worrying problem
NASA proved for the first time that a small spacecraft can deflect an asteroid. The DART mission collided with Dimorphos, showing humanity can protect itself from cosmic disasters.
Oldest human hybrid? 140,000-year-old skull could rewrite human evolution
Is this ancient child proof that Homo Sapiens and Neanderthals mixed far earlier than we thought?
