Deep in South Africa, archaeologists have uncovered evidence that ancient humans weren’t merely collecting stones—they were systematically extracting high-quality rock from a dedicated quarry site.
These mysterious microscopic-objects discovered near the bank of Kozhim, Narada, and Balbanyu Rivers may completely change our perception of history.
Roundels are 7,000-year-old circular structural remnants found throughout Central Europe. These strange structures, built more than 2,000 years before Stonehenge or the Egyptian pyramids, have remained a mystery ever since they were discovered.
In 1969, construction workers in Oklahoma, USA, discovered a strange structure that appeared to be man-made and, according to many authors, had the potential to rewrite not only the history…
Language trees with sampled ancestors support a hybrid model for the origin of Indo-European languages.
Scientists have found that three meteorites contain the chemical building elements of DNA and its companion RNA. A subset of these building components has previously been discovered in meteorites, but…
In the 19th century, an archaeological excavation in Switzerland uncovered a Bronze Age arrowhead composed of an unexpected material.
Cambodian archaeologists have unearthed a large centuries-old statue of a turtle in an excavation at the famous Angkor temple complex in the country’s northwest.
According to research based on historical photographs, the bones may have been preserved millennia before the otherwise oldest-known mummies. According to new research, a group of 8,000-year-old human remains discovered…
Researchers say they've discovered the ruins of the long-lost Temple of Hercules in a shallow channel in the Bay of Cádiz.
