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5,000-year-old Polish grave discovered beneath a Roman-era cemetery held a necklace made of 42 animal teeth, a battle axe and two mysterious human skullsIn a remarkable archaeological find, researchers in Poland have discovered a 5,000-year-old burial site from the Stone Age, situated close ...
Why did the Maya hide a jade stone inside their tooth? A mysterious inlay found in an ancient molar offers new clues about one of history’s most intriguing dental practicesNew research indicates that the ancient Maya employed jadeite inlays to repair damaged teeth, as demonstrated by a piece found embedded in ...
4,000-year-old noodles found in China: Scientists discover the world's oldest bowl buried beneath the Yellow River region that survived an earthquake and floodWorld's oldest noodles found in China: A bowl of noodles dating back 4,000 years, unearthed at the Lajia archaeological site in northwest C...
Did ancient humans bring wolves across the sea? Scientists discover 5,000-year-old remains on this remote islandArchaeologists have stumbled upon ancient wolf remains on a remote island in Sweden, linking back to a time between three thousand and five...
Daughters stayed home, sons left: That was the rule in a 9,000-year-old Turkish village, says a 2025 Science paper that sequenced 131 ancient skeletonsAncient DNA from 9,000-year-old Çatalhöyük reveals a surprising social structure. Contrary to common assumptions, men appear to have moved ...
Humans never left these mountains for 10,000 years, and scientists finally proved itResearchers have uncovered a surprising human story in the high Pyrenees mountains. New evidence shows people lived in these areas for over...
In 1991, archaeologists tested a lump of ancient chewing gum from Scandinavia, it unexpectedly preserved the DNA of a person who lived 5,700 years agoArchaeologists are uncovering ancient secrets from chewed birch pitch. These small lumps, found across Scandinavia and northern Europe, are...
77 headless skeletons found in a 7,000-year-old ditch in Slovakia, and the only skull left belonged to a childArchaeologists in Slovakia unearthed dozens of headless human skeletons. The remains are over 7,000 years old. Skulls were carefully remove...
In 1850, islanders clearing storm-stripped dunes on Orkney uncovered buried stone homes that revealed one of Europe’s best-preserved Neolithic villagesA prehistoric village, Skara Brae, lay hidden for thousands of years under Orkney's sand dunes. A powerful storm in 1850 uncovered this anc...
Scientists may have finally solved how Stonehenge’s massive 25-ton stones reached southern England thousands of years agoNew research pinpoints West Woods in Wiltshire as the origin for most of Stonehenge's massive sarsen stones. This discovery strongly sugges...
Ancient Engineering Unearthed: How Did Brittany’s 7,000-Year-Old Wall Survive Underwater?A massive 7,000-year-old stone wall has been found underwater off the coast of Brittany. This ancient structure is France's largest underwa...
Long before L&T, Kirloskar and TVS factories, Rhinos roamed near today’s Coimbatore thousands of years agoArchaeologists have discovered Indian rhinoceros bone fragments at a neolithic site near Coimbatore, dating back to 3,500 years ago. This f...
Mysterious 7,000-year-old 'alien head' like figurine found in Kuwait. Here's all about itAlien Head: Archaeologists discovered a 7,000-year-old figurine resembling an alien at Bahra 1 in Kuwait. The site, excavated by Kuwaiti an...
Why was Scotland’s mysterious Stonehenge rebuilt? Scientists finally knowNew studies have unveiled Stonehenge's role as a unifying monument for Britain’s Neolithic communities. The Altar Stone, sourced from north...
Centuries-old Neolithic hamlet unearthed in France after 150 years of searchThe settlement was unearthed at the vast Neolithic site of Marais de Saint-Gond, giving rare insights into its social organisation 150 year...
6,000-year-old stone tools found in HyderabadThe stones are said to belong to the Neolithic Age. This was the first time Neolithic tools were found in the city.
- Ancestors made bread before advent of agriculture
Washington, July 17 (IANS) Scientists have found that the oldest direct evidence of bread found to date is at least 4,000 years before the ...
- Skull surgery performed on Stone Age cow: Study
Paris, April 21 (IANS) For the first time, a definite example of cranial surgery has been found in a cow from Stone age that suggests that ...
Robert Bruce Foote: The geologist who unearthed south India's pre-historyFoote set up the Mysore Geological Department in Bengaluru.
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