“Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links.” Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Archaeological excavations on an Orkney island in Scotland revealed a Viking-era find. The carved red sandstone head features intricate detailing across the entire face. The discovery may have a link to St. Magnus Cathedral, Britain’s northernmost …
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“Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links.” Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Researchers studying a fossil site in Ethiopia discovered 13 teeth that they believe come from a never-before-known species of Australopithecus. The team said this reveals that Australopithecus and the oldest Homo ancestors coexisted up to 2.8 …
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The Language Velocity Field method helps understand the dispersion of language. Credit: Nature Communication Journal / CC BY 4.0 The groundbreaking Language Velocity Field (LVF) method is helping researchers trace dispersion patterns of languages, including Greek, across the world. The spatial evolution of languages can help deepen our understanding of people diffusion and cultural spread. The language velocity field estimation …
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About 500 million years ago, the Grand Canyon was a great sea, and among the creatures it harbored was a newly discovered type of penis worm, armed with many rings of teeth. Penis worms are marine creatures with a distinctly phallic appearance. There are more than 20 known species living across the world’s oceans today, as well as a number …
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Article summary Stable isotope analysis reveals ancient diets: By measuring ratios of carbon and nitrogen isotopes in bones and teeth, scientists can determine whether prehistoric individuals consumed C3 or C4 plants, and whether they were herbivores or carnivores. This technique has illuminated dietary habits from Neanderthals to early hominins. Advanced methods refine dietary insights: Techniques …
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In this illustration, a Janjucetus dullardi is depicted chasing a fish. (via AP)Provided by Ruairidh Duncan , via AP WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Long before whales were majestic, gentle giants, some of their prehistoric ancestors were tiny, weird and feral. A chance discovery of a 25 million-year-old fossil on an Australian beach has allowed paleontologists to identify a rare, entirely …
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Ancient, fossilized teeth, uncovered during a decades-long archaeology project in northeastern Ethiopia, indicate that two different kinds of hominins, or human ancestors, lived in the same place between 2.6 million and 2.8 million years ago — and one of them may be a previously unknown species. The discovery provides a new glimpse into the complex web of human evolution. Ten …
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Scientists in Canada have evaluated novel satellite and lidar mapping data and found that an ancient fault could potentially generate a powerful earthquake exceeding magnitude 7.5 on the Richter scale. The researchers from the University of Victoria (UVic) believe that the 620-mile-long Tintina fault which stretches northwest across the Yukon Territory could be still active. Geologists had long believed the …
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NASA’s Curiosity rover continues its trek through the Martian terrain with a new stop that has captured both scientific and visual intrigue. In a blog update from NASA’s Science Mission Directorate on August 15, 2025, the rover team described its latest observations in an area known as The Boxworks, where oddly shaped rocks—some resembling clusters of fossilized eggs or even …
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Animal stories Ancient creatures History uncovered Africa See all topics Facebook Tweet Email Link Ancient, fossilized teeth, uncovered during a decades-long archaeology project in northeastern Ethiopia, indicate that two different kinds of hominins, or human ancestors, lived in the same place between 2.6 million and 2.8 million years ago — and one of them may be a previously unknown species. …
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