Oldest fossilized sperm found in Antarctica
Scientists on Seymour Island, Antarctica, have discovered a 50-million-year-old fossilised sperm, the oldest known so far, in the wall of a worm cocoon specially produced for the purpose of sex.
Scientists in Northern Italy establish existence of Palaeolithic dental tools
Scientists have discovered evidence of the oldest known dental intervention, examining the 14,000-year-old skeleton of a young man, about 25 years old, from Northern Italy.
Almost intact medieval objects found in Oxford, England
Archaeologists at Westgate site in Oxford, England, have unearthed leather and wood objects that provide valuable information about everyday life 700 years ago.
A herbivorous mammalian ancestor
Head-butting and canine display during male-male combat first appeared some 270 million years ago.
Evolution of our mammalian ancestor’s ear bone
First detailed and comprehensive analysis on the ear bone shows noticeable variations in the morphology of this bone - even among animals of the same species.
City of David project condemned by UNESCO
The UN’ s education, cultural and scientific organization slammed Israeli archaeological digs in East Jerusalem voting 13-2 to keep the Old City on its list of endangered World Heritage sites.
Human hands more primitive than chimp’s?
A study about the evolution of the human shows there has been relatively little change in its proportions.
Tomb shaft in Luxor yields unexpected finds
The gift of the father of the legendary Cleopatra VII for an Egyptian temple, in the form of a linen cloth, has been discovered by Polish archaeologists during excavations in Western Thebes (modern Luxor) in Egypt.
The last Viking and his magical sword?
A sword from the late Viking Age has been discovered in a burial in Langeid, a village in southern Norway.
Citadel wall damaged in Aleppo after blast
Part of a wall of the Aleppo Citadel in Syria was damaged by an explosion in a tunnel dug beneath the Old City.
Sling stones returned to Israel
Two stones were returned to the Museum of Islamic and Near Eastern Cultures in Be’er Sheva. The artifacts were accompanied by an anonymous note.
Mar’s millennia of mountaineers
Archaeologists working on the National Trust for Scotland’s Mar Lodge Estate in Aberdeenshire have uncovered evidence that people were active in this mountainous landscape thousands of years earlier than previously thought.
Roman frescoes discovered in South France
Archaeologists in Arles, France, have discovered an almost full 2,000-year-old Roman fresco, the only one not found only in fragments outside Italy so far.
The origins of our unity and diversity
Early modern human cultural interactions investigated through Middle Stone Age tool technologies.
Volcanic rocks resembling Roman concrete explain record uplift in Italian caldera
The discovery of a fiber-reinforced, concrete-like rock formed in the depths of a dormant supervolcano could help explain the unusual ground swelling that led to the evacuation of an Italian port city.
Parthenon, Fort Knox of ancient Athens?
The Parthenon’s attic may have been the storage place for ancient Athens’ vast cash reserves.
Four new tombs discovered in Egypt
Archaeologists at Tell el-Farkha site, Dakahleyya Governorate, have discovered four new tombs, Minister of Antiquities, Dr Mamdouh Eldamaty announced on Wednesday.
Volcanic eruptions that changed human history
Researchers find new evidence that large eruptions were responsible for cold temperature extremes recorded since early Roman times.
New horned dinosaur reveals evolution of nose horn in Triceratops family
Scientists have discovered a striking new species of horned dinosaur (ceratopsian) based on fossils collected from a bone bed in southern Alberta, Canada.
Old world monkey had a tiny but complex brain
Victoriapithecus had a small brain relative to its body size with an olfactory bulb about three times as large as that in present-day monkeys.
The sense of smell in early humans
The sense of smell plays a decisive role in human societies, as it is linked to our taste for food, as well as our identification of pleasant and unpleasant substances.
Neolithic burials in Egypt
Traces of intentional injury in the form of cuts on the femur have been discovered on the remains of one of the dead found during this year's excavations carried out in the Western Desert in Egypt.
Mass extinction event from South Africa’s Karoo
New date of rocks links land and sea fossil records in one extinction event.
Medieval mummy to be revealed in Siberia
A new find at Zeleny Yar necropolis, near Salekhard, of human remains wrapped in birchbark is expected to reveal a mummified human, related to a mysterious medieval civilization, showing links to Persia.