Searched for
ANCIENT PROTEIN ANALYSIS
In 2008, archaeologists lifting a skull from a wet pit in York found something soft inside, and the Heslington brain preserved a life from Iron Age BritainIn a remarkable archaeological breakthrough in York, England, researchers unearthed ancient brain tissue that has astonishingly remained in...
Ancient squirrels ate meat like 'zombies,' and the proof is in the poopFrozen ancient squirrel feces from Canada's Yukon have revealed a lost Ice Age world. These coprolites, dating back up to 700,000 years, co...
A single jawbone from Taiwan just changed what scientists knew about DenisovansA mysterious ancient jawbone found in Taiwan has been identified as a Denisovan man. This discovery rewrites our understanding of these ear...
Goodbye to the Dragon Man mystery: Ancient proteins suggest the skull belonged to a DenisovanScientists have uncovered new molecular evidence. This evidence indicates the Harbin cranium fossil, known as 'Dragon Man', is a Denisovan....
Scientists found rare microscopic Ice Age giant residues on ancient tools in the Carolinas, and it changed what they knew about early American huntersArchaeologists in the Carolinas have found direct evidence of Ice Age hunters killing megafauna. Using advanced protein residue and microsc...
Neanderthals’ meat-only diet should have killed them; scientists finally reveal how maggot menu kept them aliveNew research suggests Neanderthals may have supplemented their meat-heavy diets with maggots and fermented animal foods. Chemical signature...
Real-life Jurassic Park? Ancient rhino proteins found — dino discoveries may be comingScientists have extracted 24-million-year-old protein sequences from a rhino tooth discovered in the Canadian Arctic, surpassing the age li...
Chinese laborer hid mysterious skull for 85 years. Now scientists know who is this ancient 'Dragon Man'A remarkable discovery in China has linked the 'Dragon Man' skull to the elusive Denisovans, an extinct human group previously known mainly...
Extreme monsoon from global warming may lead to dip in sea fish catch: ReportA study published in Nature warns that global warming could intensify monsoon rainfall in South Asia, disrupting marine productivity in the...
Meet Aaron Taylor-Johnson, the world's 'Most Handsome Man'. Here's how his attractiveness was calculatedAaron Taylor-Johnson has been named the world's most handsome man, according to a study based on the ancient Greek Golden Ratio, which meas...
FMCG sector: Street might treat it as saviors in some phases & there is more to it than HUL, 13 stocks, with upside potential of up to 42 %On the day of the election result and the day after that, two days in succession, everyone was talking about FMCG stocks. Explanations abou...
Are you a morning person? That may just be your 'Neanderthal Genes' manifestingSince the 1990s, studies of Neanderthal DNA have exposed our species' intertwined history.
Who’s the ‘Ivory Lady’? Get to know about the woman who defied patriarchal norms and scaled the ladder of leadership 5,000 years agoWhile the researchers do not know precisely who she was or what societal role she played, they suspect she combined political and religious...
This is how you should have chia seeds to get the most of the superfoodHow you consume the chia seeds makes all the difference, according to a new study.
Life on Mars? This may be the place to find themRocks collected by Perseverance are filled with organic molecules, and they formed in a lake that would have been habitable a few billion y...
- World's oldest cheese found in 3,000-year-old Egyptian tomb
London, Aug 16 (IANS) Researchers have found the world's most ancient solid cheese in a 3,200-year-old Egyptian tomb, as well as evidence o...
22k-yr-old fossil from China reveals long-lost panda lineageThe report, published in the journal Current Biology, shows that the ancient panda found in Cizhutuo Cave in the Guangxi Province of China ...
How archaeologists across the country are unearthing the food of ancestors to shed light on the evolution of eatingThe average Indian’s interest in the archaeology of food was nudged out of its stupor in 2010 when archaeologists discovered the world’s ol...
- Neanderthals were adept at making tools, artefacts
London, Sep 21 (IANS) Neanderthals were far smarter than previously thought as researchers have confirmed that our ancient cousins were res...
Curiosity rover detects life-supporting nitrogen on MarsThe nitrogen was detected in the form of nitric oxide, and could be released from breakdown of nitrates during heating.