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Researchers In Indonesia Discover A Tiny 700,000-Year-Old Arm Bone From A Hobbit-Like Human Ancestor

Homo floresiensis, nicknamed "Hobbits" after their short stature, once roamed Indonesia thousands of years ago. Now, researchers have identified fossils belonging to an even older and smaller group nearby.

By Amber Morgan • Aug 9, 2024

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Researchers In Indonesia Discover A Tiny 700,000-Year-Old Arm Bone From A Hobbit-Like Human Ancestor

Homo floresiensis, nicknamed "Hobbits" after their short stature, once roamed Indonesia thousands of years ago. Now, researchers have identified fossils belonging to an even older and smaller group nearby.

By Amber Morgan • August 9, 2024

A New Study Suggests That Egypt’s Famous ‘Screaming Woman’ Likely Died In Agony

The 3,500-year-old mummy was found with her mouth open in an apparent scream, and researchers believe that she may have been frozen that way since the very moment she died.

By Kaleena Fraga • Aug 9, 2024

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A New Study Suggests That Egypt’s Famous ‘Screaming Woman’ Likely Died In Agony

The 3,500-year-old mummy was found with her mouth open in an apparent scream, and researchers believe that she may have been frozen that way since the very moment she died.

By Kaleena Fraga • August 9, 2024

Miners In Siberia Just Found A Woolly Rhino Mummy With Its Soft Tissues And Horn Still Intact

This is just the fifth woolly rhino ever discovered with its soft tissues still preserved.

By Austin Harvey • Aug 8, 2024

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Miners In Siberia Just Found A Woolly Rhino Mummy With Its Soft Tissues And Horn Still Intact

This is just the fifth woolly rhino ever discovered with its soft tissues still preserved.

By Austin Harvey • August 8, 2024

Archaeologists In Norway Unearth Human Remains From A 17th And 18th Century Whalers’ Cemetery

Archaeologists studying human remains from whalers' cemeteries in Svalbard, Norway have uncovered fascinating information about working class life in the 17th and 18th centuries.

By Amber Morgan • Aug 8, 2024

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Archaeologists In Norway Unearth Human Remains From A 17th And 18th Century Whalers’ Cemetery

Archaeologists studying human remains from whalers' cemeteries in Svalbard, Norway have uncovered fascinating information about working class life in the 17th and 18th centuries.

By Amber Morgan • August 8, 2024

12,000-Year-Old Carvings Found At Göbekli Tepe May Be The Oldest Lunisolar Calendar In The World

The creation of what could be history's first lunisolar calendar may have come in response to a series of comet strikes that devastated Earth some 13,000 years ago.

By Kaleena Fraga • Aug 8, 2024

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12,000-Year-Old Carvings Found At Göbekli Tepe May Be The Oldest Lunisolar Calendar In The World

The creation of what could be history's first lunisolar calendar may have come in response to a series of comet strikes that devastated Earth some 13,000 years ago.

By Kaleena Fraga • August 8, 2024

16th-Century Compass That May Have Belonged To Nicolaus Copernicus Unearthed In Poland

The compass was found in Frombork, Poland, where the astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus lived for 30 years.

By Kaleena Fraga • Aug 7, 2024

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16th-Century Compass That May Have Belonged To Nicolaus Copernicus Unearthed In Poland

The compass was found in Frombork, Poland, where the astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus lived for 30 years.

By Kaleena Fraga • August 7, 2024

Woolly Mammoth Skeletons Discovered Inside 15,000-Year-Old Human-Built Traps In Mexico

It was previously assumed that early hunters only killed woolly mammoths if they were already injured. The discovery of these resourceful traps firmly challenges that idea.

By Marco Margaritoff • Aug 7, 2024

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Woolly Mammoth Skeletons Discovered Inside 15,000-Year-Old Human-Built Traps In Mexico

It was previously assumed that early hunters only killed woolly mammoths if they were already injured. The discovery of these resourceful traps firmly challenges that idea.

By Marco Margaritoff • August 7, 2024

John Fisher’s Plane Disappeared During A WW2 Bombing Mission. Now After Eight Decades, Volunteers Have Uncovered Fragments Of His Crash

Lieutenant John Fisher was just 21 years old when his plane crashed near Suffolk, England, during a top-secret mission in August 1944.

By Kaleena Fraga • Aug 6, 2024

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John Fisher’s Plane Disappeared During A WW2 Bombing Mission. Now After Eight Decades, Volunteers Have Uncovered Fragments Of His Crash

Lieutenant John Fisher was just 21 years old when his plane crashed near Suffolk, England, during a top-secret mission in August 1944.

By Kaleena Fraga • August 6, 2024

2,600-Year-Old Water System Discovered In Southern India

The pipeline's discovery comes as part of the 10th archaeological excavation at Keeladi.

By Austin Harvey • Aug 6, 2024

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2,600-Year-Old Water System Discovered In Southern India

The pipeline's discovery comes as part of the 10th archaeological excavation at Keeladi.

By Austin Harvey • August 6, 2024

Never-Before-Seen Fragments Of Lost Euripides Tragedies Were Just Discovered On An Ancient Egyptian Papyrus

Scholars from the University of Colorado Boulder have found excerpts of the Euripides plays Polyidus and Ino in a discovery unlike anything in decades.

By Amber Morgan • Aug 6, 2024

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Never-Before-Seen Fragments Of Lost Euripides Tragedies Were Just Discovered On An Ancient Egyptian Papyrus

Scholars from the University of Colorado Boulder have found excerpts of the Euripides plays Polyidus and Ino in a discovery unlike anything in decades.

By Amber Morgan • August 6, 2024