Read more about the article Ancient Canoe Found In Mexican Well Had Ritual Use, Say Boffins
Photo shows the antique canoe discovered in the site of Mayan Train. It was found out that it was used for rituals, according to new research published in July 2023. (INAH/Newsflash)

Ancient Canoe Found In Mexican Well Had Ritual Use, Say Boffins

Mexican boffins who found an ancient canoe carved from a single tree trunk say it may have been used in rituals symbolising the entrance to the underworld. Underwater archaeologists found…

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Read more about the article Extinct Short-Snouted Alligator With Skull Resembling That Of A Bulldog Nibbled On Snails 230,000 Years Ago
Image shows an illustration of the newly discovered alligator species Alligator munensis from Thailand, undated photo. The extinct short-snouted alligator munched on snails and lived about 230,000 years ago. (Marton Szabo/Newsflash)

Extinct Short-Snouted Alligator With Skull Resembling That Of A Bulldog Nibbled On Snails 230,000 Years Ago

An extinct short-snouted alligator species with a skull resembling that of a bulldog nibbled on snails rather than other larger prey when it lived about 230,000 years ago. The groundbreaking…

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Read more about the article Ancient Pen Pushers Invented Weights And Measures 3,000 Years Ago
Image shows a fragmentary jar, undated photo. It originated from the Yassiada shipwreck and it has been given an official seal and can be linked to Kos by its material composition. (Frederick H. van Doorninck, Jr., Justin Leidwanger, Jenny Vo-Phamhi, James Gross/Newsflash)

Ancient Pen Pushers Invented Weights And Measures 3,000 Years Ago

Ancient bureaucrats introduced the first weight and measures system to transport food and wine more than 3,000 years ago, scientists have revealed. Experts examined millennia-old amphoras from pre-Roman times to…

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Read more about the article Graves With Human Bones Dating Back 1,000 Years Discovered During Construction Work Under School
Photo shows burial two. Six skulls dated back 1000 years were found in the construction works of a school in the community of Hidalgo Amajac, municipality of Alamo Temapache, Veracruz, Mexico. (Eugenia Maldonado Vite-INAH/Newsflash)

Graves With Human Bones Dating Back 1,000 Years Discovered During Construction Work Under School

Graves containing human bones dating back a thousand years have been discovered during construction work under a school. The images show the skeletons, which were buried with a number of…

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Read more about the article Historic Discovery Of Fossilised Skeletons Of Humans’ 850,000-Year-Old Cannibal Ancestors
Picture shows part of a parietal bone of Homo Antecessor, undated. Scientist found Homo Antecessor remains from 800,000 years ago found in Atapuerca, Spain, during a 2023 campaign. (Maria D. Guillen, IPHES-CERCA/Newsflash)

Historic Discovery Of Fossilised Skeletons Of Humans’ 850,000-Year-Old Cannibal Ancestors

Archaeologists in Spain have unearthed the fossilised skeletons of humans' 850,000-year-old cannibal ancestors in a historic discovery. The Homo Antecessor remains, the first to be dug up in 20 years,…

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Read more about the article New Species Of Dinosaur Was Last Standing Before Meteorite Apocalypse
Photo shows the new species of dinosaur called 'Calvarius rapidus'. It is one of the last dinosaurs that existed before its extinction on the whole planet. (ICP/Newsflash)

New Species Of Dinosaur Was Last Standing Before Meteorite Apocalypse

Scientists have discovered a new dinosaur said the be one of the last ones standing before a massive meteor wiped out all of its relatives on Earth. The Calvarius rapidus…

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Read more about the article 5,000-Year-Old Tooth Shows Ancient Tribe Leader Was Really A Woman Not A Man
Image shows the skeleton of the highest ranking person in Copper Age Spain, undated photo. A new study revealed that it was a woman, not a man. (Courtesy of the ATLAS Research Group of the University of Seville/Newsflash)

5,000-Year-Old Tooth Shows Ancient Tribe Leader Was Really A Woman Not A Man

A 5,000-year-old tooth from a Copper Age tribal leader for years thought to be a man has revealed that she was really a powerful woman. For 15 years scientists believed…

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Read more about the article 300,000-Year-Old Boomerang-Like Stick is One of the Oldest Human-Made Wooden Tools
Image shows the double pointed wooden throwing stick, undated photo. It was found in the town of Schoeningen, Germany. (Volker Minkus/Newsflash)

300,000-Year-Old Boomerang-Like Stick is One of the Oldest Human-Made Wooden Tools

One of the earliest examples of a human tool made from wood has been found after archaeologists unveiled a 300,000-year-old double-pointed stick that would have been used as a hunting…

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Read more about the article Nearly Complete Fossil Dating Back 200,000 Years Discovered In Argentina
Photo shows artistic interpretation of the general aspect of the woodpecker whose fossil was found in San Pedro, near Buenos Aires, Argentina. (Museo Paleontologico de San Pedro/Newsflash)

Nearly Complete Fossil Dating Back 200,000 Years Discovered In Argentina

A nearly complete fossil of a woodpecker dating back 200,000 years has been discovered in Argentina. It was discovered in a sandstone quarry near San Pedro, about 170 kilometres (105…

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Read more about the article New 270-Million-Year-Old Tiny Lizard Discovered
Photo shows a well-preserved fossil skeleton of a new reptile species, Tramuntanasaurus tiai, found in Mallorcan rocks in Spain, dating back 270 million years, undated. The new species of reptile is a moradisaurine captorrhinid, a group of herbivorous reptiles that lived only during the Permian, between 299 and 251 million years ago, and have no current representatives. (Catalan Institute of Paleontology Miquel Crusafont/Newsflash)

New 270-Million-Year-Old Tiny Lizard Discovered

A new tiny precursor of the dinosaurs has been unearthed by scientists excavating rocks on Spain's holiday island Mallorca. The creature - from the group moradisaurine captorhinids - was a…

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