Ancient Egyptians painted the Milky Way in their artwork
The Milky Way may have been painted across ancient Egyptian coffins thousands of years ago—and now, one scientist believes he’s found the evidence.
Dr. Or...
Did weather bring down Rome in Britain? Tree rings say yes
A new study from the University of Cambridge has uncovered strong evidence that extreme drought played a key role in one of Roman Britain's...
Lost treasure reveals Thetford’s Pagan Past lasted longer than we thought
A new study has revealed that Thetford in East Anglia stayed Pagan much longer than historians once believed.
Jewelry from a Roman treasure hoard found...
Scientists rewrite history of the Phoenicians with surprising DNA discovery
A new DNA study is changing what we thought we knew about one of the ancient world’s great civilizations—the Phoenicians and their descendants, the...
Scientists rethink how farming began—It wasn’t just the weather
A major new study is changing how we understand one of the biggest turning points in human history: the shift from hunting and gathering...
Lost stone age secrets: Ancient European toolmaking found in China
A surprising archaeological discovery in southwest China is shaking up what scientists thought they knew about ancient humans in East Asia.
Researchers from the University...
How sunscreen and clothes helped humans survive a magnetic disaster 41,000 years ago
Around 41,000 years ago, something strange happened to Earth’s magnetic field: the North Pole wandered over Europe, and the planet’s protective shield against solar...
People stocked mountain lake in Europe with fish over 1,300 years ago
New research has revealed that people may have brought fish to a high mountain lake in Europe much earlier than anyone thought—possibly as far...
Why modern human faces are smaller than Neanderthals’
Modern humans have much smaller and softer-looking faces compared to our ancient relatives like Neanderthals.
But why is that?
A new study from the Max Planck...
New fossil discovery shows early human relative walked upright
A newly discovered fossil of Paranthropus robustus, an early human relative, reveals that it walked upright like modern humans.
This species lived in South Africa...