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New Evidence Shows Monkeys Sailed From Africa To South America On Rafts Over 30 Million Years Ago

Fossilized evidence of a now-extinct primate species suggests prehistoric monkeys traveled more than 900 miles on natural rafts.

By Marco Margaritoff • Mar 17, 2025

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New Evidence Shows Monkeys Sailed From Africa To South America On Rafts Over 30 Million Years Ago

Fossilized evidence of a now-extinct primate species suggests prehistoric monkeys traveled more than 900 miles on natural rafts.

By Marco Margaritoff • March 17, 2025

Drone Finds 72 Skeletons And Mummies In Ancient Tomb In The Canary Islands

There are around 1,200 archaeological sites on Gran Canaria in the Canary Islands. This one, however, contained the remains of aboriginal Guanche newborns.

By Marco Margaritoff • Mar 15, 2025

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Drone Finds 72 Skeletons And Mummies In Ancient Tomb In The Canary Islands

There are around 1,200 archaeological sites on Gran Canaria in the Canary Islands. This one, however, contained the remains of aboriginal Guanche newborns.

By Marco Margaritoff • March 15, 2025

Deer Hunter Stumbles Upon A ‘Very Rare’ Mammoth Tusk On A Ranch In West Texas

The tusk belonged to a Columbian mammoth, a cousin of the woolly mammoth that went extinct in the region 11,700 years ago.

By Amber Morgan • Mar 14, 2025

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Deer Hunter Stumbles Upon A ‘Very Rare’ Mammoth Tusk On A Ranch In West Texas

The tusk belonged to a Columbian mammoth, a cousin of the woolly mammoth that went extinct in the region 11,700 years ago.

By Amber Morgan • March 14, 2025

Researchers Just Found The Wreck Of The SS Western Reserve — 132 Years After It Sank To The Bottom Of Lake Superior

On August 30, 1892, shipping magnate Peter G. Minch set out with his family and 22 crewmen aboard his ship, the SS Western Reserve, for a pleasure cruise through Lake Superior — but a storm sank the vessel, leaving all but one of them dead.

By Kaleena Fraga • Mar 14, 2025

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Researchers Just Found The Wreck Of The SS Western Reserve — 132 Years After It Sank To The Bottom Of Lake Superior

On August 30, 1892, shipping magnate Peter G. Minch set out with his family and 22 crewmen aboard his ship, the SS Western Reserve, for a pleasure cruise through Lake Superior — but a storm sank the vessel, leaving all but one of them dead.

By Kaleena Fraga • March 14, 2025

Three Generations Of Amazon Women Warriors Discovered In An Ancient Tomb In Russia

Items found with the skeletons — including iron arrowheads, horse harnesses, and a broken vase — helped researchers trace back the burial to the 4th century B.C.

By Marco Margaritoff • Mar 14, 2025

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Three Generations Of Amazon Women Warriors Discovered In An Ancient Tomb In Russia

Items found with the skeletons — including iron arrowheads, horse harnesses, and a broken vase — helped researchers trace back the burial to the 4th century B.C.

By Marco Margaritoff • March 14, 2025

A Paleontologist Just Identified 200-Million-Year-Old Dinosaur Footprints In The Office Of A High School In Australia

A stone slab that's been sitting in a high school for more than 20 years contains the "one of the highest concentrations of dinosaur footprints" ever found in Australia.

By Kaleena Fraga • Mar 13, 2025

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A Paleontologist Just Identified 200-Million-Year-Old Dinosaur Footprints In The Office Of A High School In Australia

A stone slab that's been sitting in a high school for more than 20 years contains the "one of the highest concentrations of dinosaur footprints" ever found in Australia.

By Kaleena Fraga • March 13, 2025

‘Ocean Census’ Project Discovers 866 New Species, From A Guitar Shark To A Mud Dragon To An Octocoral

Roughly 800 "Ocean Census" researchers participated in 10 expeditions to every corner of the globe and uncovered a wealth of bizarre, beautiful, and singular species that were unknown until now.

By Amber Morgan • Mar 13, 2025

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‘Ocean Census’ Project Discovers 866 New Species, From A Guitar Shark To A Mud Dragon To An Octocoral

Roughly 800 "Ocean Census" researchers participated in 10 expeditions to every corner of the globe and uncovered a wealth of bizarre, beautiful, and singular species that were unknown until now.

By Amber Morgan • March 13, 2025

Archeologists Discovered The Remnants Of Germany’s Oldest Public Library In Cologne

The building could have housed up to 20,000 scrolls and might even be the oldest library discovered in the north-west ancient Roman provinces.

By Bernadette Deron • Mar 13, 2025

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Archeologists Discovered The Remnants Of Germany’s Oldest Public Library In Cologne

The building could have housed up to 20,000 scrolls and might even be the oldest library discovered in the north-west ancient Roman provinces.

By Bernadette Deron • March 13, 2025

Divers In Türkiye Just Found The Wreck Of A Ship That Sank While Transporting Jugs Of Olive Oil 1,100 Years Ago

Experts believe the ship was hit with a storm and crashed into either a large rock or a small island. Nevertheless, it was found in such good condition that researchers uncovered one amphora that still had intact olive pits inside.

By Amber Morgan • Mar 12, 2025

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Divers In Türkiye Just Found The Wreck Of A Ship That Sank While Transporting Jugs Of Olive Oil 1,100 Years Ago

Experts believe the ship was hit with a storm and crashed into either a large rock or a small island. Nevertheless, it was found in such good condition that researchers uncovered one amphora that still had intact olive pits inside.

By Amber Morgan • March 12, 2025

A Revised Copy Of A Famous Shakespeare Sonnet Was Just Discovered In A 17th-Century Collection At Oxford

This version of Shakespeare's famous sonnet was seemingly altered to invoke loyalty to the monarchy during the English Civil War.

By Amber Morgan • Mar 11, 2025

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A Revised Copy Of A Famous Shakespeare Sonnet Was Just Discovered In A 17th-Century Collection At Oxford

This version of Shakespeare's famous sonnet was seemingly altered to invoke loyalty to the monarchy during the English Civil War.

By Amber Morgan • March 11, 2025