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Image shows the stained glass window in Linz's Mariendom, undated photo. It shows the Steineder family (the man on the right is Leopold Steineder, city carpenter of Linz, behind him his underage son Hans Steineder). (Federal Monuments Office, Bettina Neubauer-Pregl/Newsflash)

Man Spots Great Granny In Church’s Stained-Glass Window

Post author:Joseph Golder
Post published:July 9, 2024

Art experts restoring a cathedral's stained glass windows in Austria were astonished when a local identified five of his ancestors in the artwork. Art historians have been conducting a painstaking…

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

Post author:Joseph Golder
Post published:August 29, 2023

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,…

Picture shows a Neanderthal skull used in the research from the Museo de La Plata collection, in La Plata, Argentina, undated. Scientist compared the genetic and morphological information of the face of 6,000 Latin Americans and determined a "significant Neanderthal genetic trace", persistent in the genes responsible for the variation of the face, including the shape of the nose. (CONICET/Newsflash)

Modern Human Noses Came From Neanderthals, Says Study

Post author:Simona Kitanovska
Post published:May 16, 2023

Modern humans have their Neanderthal ancestors to thank for their tall, narrow nose shape, a new study has revealed. The study - led by researchers from the University College London…

Professor Sabine Gaudzinski-Windheuser, poses in undated photo. She was standing next to a life-size reconstruction of an adult male European straight-tusked elephant (Palaeoloxodon antiquus) in the State Museum of Prehistory in Halle, Germany. (Lutz Kindler, LEIZA/Newsflash)

Neanderthals Were Expert Giant Elephant Hunters, Says Study

Post author:Joseph Golder
Post published:February 8, 2023

Primitive human ancestors were skilled hunters tracking down and killing giant elephants for food 125,000 years ago, a new study has revealed. The study of a pit containing animal remains…

Illustrative image shows a swarm of bees, undated. An African man has died after trying to communicate with a swarm of bees that he believed represented his ancestors. (Newsflash)

South African Man Killed By Swarm Of Bees He Believed To Be His Ancestors

Post author:Joseph Golder
Post published:December 14, 2022

A South African man has died after trying to communicate with a swarm of bees that he believed represented his ancestors. Nkosentsha Njimbana, 58, was stung to death by the…

Picture shows the excavation process of the Taguatagua 3 deposit, in Taguatagua, Chile, undated. More than a hundred fossil remains of gomphotheres have been found and the lithic tools used to hunt them have been recovered at the site since 2019. (IPHES/Newsflash)

Ancient Americans Hunted And Butchered Prehistoric Elephants 13,000 Years Ago

Post author:Joseph Golder
Post published:December 4, 2022

A startling discovery of a Stone Age slaughterhouse has revealed that ancient Americans were hunting and butchering prehistoric ancestors of elephants in Chile nearly 13,000 years ago. Scientists have unearthed…

Picture shows the artefacts and drawings of them, during the analysis, undated. The flint tools discovered over 50 years ago in Tunel Wielki cave, in Poland were found to be half a million years old after an extensive project aimed at analysing artefacts by the University of Warsaw. (M. Kot/Newsflash)

Tools Dating Back Half A Million Years And Used By Extinct Human Ancestors Unearthed In Polish Cave

Post author:Joseph Golder
Post published:October 28, 2022

These tools used by an extinct ancestor of modern-day humans and found in a cave in Poland have been dated back half a million years. The impressive discovery was made…

Lake shore (black organic layer) from 90,000 years ago superimposed by cold climatic sediments according to the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in the German city of Leipzig. (M. Weiss, M. Hein/Newsflash)

Neanderthals Chilled Out In Summer By Heading North

Post author:Thomas Hochwarter
Post published:May 12, 2022

Man's Neanderthal ancestors used to escape warm summers to chill out in the icy climates of northern territories , a new study has revealed. Scientists have discovered that Neanderthals showed…

The reconstructed face of Neanderthal named Krijn made by the Kennis brothers, world-famous palaeo-artists, in Rijksmuseum van Oudheden in Leiden, the Netherlands.

Boffins Give 70,000 Year Old Dutch Neanderthal A Smile Using Cutting Edge Reconstruction Tech

Post author:Peter Barker
Post published:September 23, 2021

From just the fragment of a 70,000-year-old neanderthal's skull found off the coast of Holland, experts have reconstructed the ancient human ancestors face and even given him a smile. In…

Rebeca da Silva Mello (28), the black candidate who passed a contest by the Federal Public Prosecutor's Office 2018, but was disqualified by the organizing board and sued them

Woman Banned From BAME Quota As She Is Too Pretty

Post author:William McGee
Post published:October 13, 2020

A quota scheme to try to increase the number of BAME employees in the Brazilian justice system only applies to ugly candidates after a black woman whose ancestors were slaves…