Ancient flying dragon discovered in China March 21, 2007 | User rating: 3 / 5 after 90 vote(s)
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Chinese scientists say they've found the remains of a small "flying dragon" that lived around the time of the dinosaurs. | |
Hungary uncovers 8 million-year-old trees August 03, 2007 | User rating: 3.9 / 5 after 87 vote(s)
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Hungary will spare no expense to preserve 16 cypress trees, estimated to be 8 million-years-old, recently uncovered in a northern lignite mine. | |
 Fossil Discovery Turns Scientific Theory on Its Head December 18, 2006 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 34 vote(s)
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An international team led by University of Adelaide palaeontologist Trevor Worthy has discovered a unique, primitive type of land mammal that lived at least 16 million years ago on New Zealand. | |
 Stonehenge 'No Place for the Dead', Says Expert November 16, 2006 | User rating: 3.6 / 5 after 56 vote(s)
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Professor Timothy Darvill, Head of the Archaeology Group at Bournemouth University, has breathed new life into the controversy surrounding the origins of Stonehenge by publishing a theory which suggests that ... | |
21st century technology cracks alchemists' secret recipe November 22, 2006 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 127 vote(s)
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A 500-year old mystery surrounding the centerpiece of the alchemists' lab kit has been solved by UCL (University College London) and Cardiff University archaeologists. | |
Ancient wall found in Iran September 25, 2007 | User rating: 3.6 / 5 after 50 vote(s)
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Archaeologists in northern Iran have uncovered the remains of a 124-mile-long wall, the second longest such structure in Asia after the Great Wall of China. | |
Human ancestors more primitive that once thought September 19, 2007 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 58 vote(s)
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A team of researchers, including Herman Pontzer, Ph.D., assistant professor of physical anthropology in Arts & Sciences, has determined through analysis of the earliest known hominid fossils outside of Africa, recently discovered ... | |
3,000-year-old mask found in Aleutians July 29, 2007 | User rating: 3.7 / 5 after 20 vote(s)
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A whalebone mask discovered at an Alaskan archaeological site was probably broken during an Aleut funeral 3,000 years ago, scientists said. | |
Image of Minotaur labyrinth found June 15, 2007 | User rating: 2.1 / 5 after 80 vote(s)
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An ancient image of the mythological Minotaur labyrinth has been found in Bulgaria. | |
 New details of first major urban battle emerge along with clues about civilization’s origins January 16, 2007 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 28 vote(s)
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New details in the tragic end of one of the world’s earliest cities as well as clues about how urban life may have begun there were revealed in a recent excavation in northeastern Syria that was conducted by ... | |
 Oldest DNA Ever Recovered Suggests Earth Was Warmer July 05, 2007 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 84 vote(s)
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Ancient Greenland was green. New Danish research has shown that it was covered in conifer forest and, like southern Sweden today, had a relatively mild climate. Eske Willerslev, a professor at Copenhagen ... | |
 Ancient Raptors Likely Feasted on Early Man August 29, 2006 | User rating: 3.9 / 5 after 40 vote(s)
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A new study suggests that prehistoric birds of prey made meals out of some of our earliest human ancestors. | |
Ancient fortress construction found September 20, 2006 | User rating: 3.6 / 5 after 37 vote(s)
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A section of a fortress constructed during the 1670s has been found in Norway, giving experts a rare look at something previously only seen in sketches. | |
 Ancient yucca chaws yield ancient DNA August 31, 2007 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 38 vote(s)
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In a groundbreaking study, two Harvard scientists have for the first time extracted human DNA from ancient artifacts. The work potentially opens up a new universe of sources for ancient genetic material, which ... | |
 Researchers find pre-Clovis human DNA April 03, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 45 vote(s)
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DNA from dried human excrement recovered from Oregon's Paisley Caves is the oldest found yet in the New World -- dating to 14,300 years ago, some 1,200 years before Clovis culture -- and provides apparent ... | |
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