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At first glance it looks like nothing of this planet – a creature with a pointed object sticking out of its head, half man, half unicorn.  But scientists are getting closer to unraveling the mystery of the Petralona skull.  The ancient cranium – discovered in Petralona Cave, about 22 miles south–east of Thessaloniki in Greece – is less than 300,000 years …

A skull that was found embedded in a cave wall in Greece more than 60 years ago may finally have an identification. A new dating of the minerals that surrounded and grew over the mysterious Petralona skull places its age at 277,000 years at least – and suggesting it is a member of a primitive, extinct hominid that lived alongside …

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The Petralona skull is a mysterious and important piece in the human evolution puzzle. This image is a reconstruction depicting the skull attached to a cave wall. | Credit: By Nadina, CC BY-SA 3.0, Link A mysterious skull with a stalagmite growing out …

A mysterious skull with a stalagmite growing out of its head is about 300,000 years old and neither human nor Neanderthal, a new study finds. The skull was reportedly discovered attached to the wall of Petralona Cave in northern Greece in 1960. Researchers have since argued about its position on the human family tree and had trouble figuring out its …

Prehistoric paintings found deep inside a perilously inaccessible cave in the French Pyrenees reveal how ancient hunter-gatherers risked their necks to conduct ritual activities in the bowels of the Earth. Known as Etxeberri Cave, the site is considered one of the most challenging caverns to have been explored by Palaeolithic humans, and may have been decorated as part of a …

Your genome carries quiet traces of meetings your ancestors once had with other kinds of humans. Some of those traces come from the Denisovans, a population that science met first in DNA, then slowly in bone. A new wave of research is turning these strangers into neighbors by stitching together where they lived, when they thrived, and what they left …

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(Credit: University of Trento/NASA) Welcome to this installment of The Intelligence Brief… This week, a groundbreaking new study using NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has identified over a dozen newly confirmed pit craters on the Moon that could serve as natural entrances to underground environments—some of which may be ideal for future astronaut shelters. In our analysis, we’ll explore 1) how …

If your knees tend to cave in during squats or split squats, there could be an often-overlooked culprit: a weak gluteus medius. The gluteus medius is one of three big muscles in your buttocks, sitting at the side of your hip. It helps to stabilize your pelvis, hips and legs, especially during weight-bearing movements like squats, lunges and even walking. …