Read more about the article Jurassic Park-Style Revival For Extinct Butterfly, Say Scientists
Photo shows illustration of the butterfly Xerces Blue on a plant it used to feed Acmispon glaber. Researchers have found the genome of the butterfly. (Marti Franch-CSIC/Newsflash)

Jurassic Park-Style Revival For Extinct Butterfly, Say Scientists

Genetics experts have revealed how they could be able to bring an extinct butterfly back from the dead in a Jurassic Park-style revival. Experts at Spain's National Research Council say…

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Read more about the article Rising Temperatures May Cause Rockfalls In Alps, Says Study
Image shows rock glaciers which are widespread in the Alps, but less known than 'normal' glaciers, undated photo. The active Bock glacier in the Outer Hochebenkar is in the middle, while the Inner Hochebenkar with an inactive rock glacier is on the right. The Gurgler ridge is in the background. (3DGEO Heidelberg/Newsflash)

Rising Temperatures May Cause Rockfalls In Alps, Says Study

New research has shown that rising temperatures have made rock glaciers in the Alps unstable. The study, which was led by the Austrian Academy of Sciences (OAeW), showed a significant…

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Read more about the article Ancient Stone Age Human Tools Could Have Been Made By Monkeys, Says Study
Image shows an example of a long-tailed macaque using a stone tool to access food, undated photo. Scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in the city of Leipzig, Germany, claimed that some accidentally produced stone fragments made by macaques resemble some of the earliest hominin stone artifacts. ( Lydia V. Luncz/Newsflash)

Ancient Stone Age Human Tools Could Have Been Made By Monkeys, Says Study

New research into ancient tools has revealed that cutting stones once believed to be made by early humans could actually have been the work of monkeys. Scientists from the Max…

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Read more about the article Steel Was Already Used In In Stone Age Europe 2,900 Years Ago, Says Study
Image shows geochemical analyses used by the researchers to show that stone stelae on the Iberian peninsula that date back to the Final Bronze Age feature complex engravings that could only have been done using tempered steel, undated photo. This was backed up by metallographic analyses of an iron chisel from the same period and region that showed the necessary carbon content to be proper steel. (Rafael Ferreiro Maehlmann/Newsflash)

Steel Was Already Used In In Stone Age Europe 2,900 Years Ago, Says Study

New research by German scientists has revealed that Europeans already used steel tools nearly 3,000 years ago. The groundbreaking discovery was made after scientists from the University of Freiburg analysed…

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Read more about the article Cranium Of 1.5m-Year-Old Human Ancestor Was Rounder And Longer, Say Boffins
Picture shows skull and endocranial cast of DAN5, undated. The study made digital reconstructions of two fossils found in the Ethiopian site of Gona to carry out the analysis of their neurocranial shape and the variability of the first species of the genus Homo erectus. (CENIEH/Newsflash )

Cranium Of 1.5m-Year-Old Human Ancestor Was Rounder And Longer, Say Boffins

Experts have studied the skull of a 1.5 million-year-old human ancestor with one of the smallest cranial capacities and say that it was longer and rounder than those of modern…

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Read more about the article Researchers Find New Unknown Chamber In The Great Pyramid Of Cheops At Giza
Image shows the Great Pyramid of Giza (middle), Egypt, undated photo. Scientists found a new chamber inside the pyramid in March 2023. (Prof Christian Grosse, TUM/Newsflash)

Researchers Find New Unknown Chamber In The Great Pyramid Of Cheops At Giza

A hidden chamber believed to be protecting the actual burial chamber of King Cheops has been discovered in the Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt. The secret hollow space was…

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Read more about the article People During Last Ice Age Who Sought Shelter In Spain And Portugal Survived Unlike Their Relatives In Italy
Image shows a reconstruction of a hunter gatherer associated with the Gravettian culture (32,000-24,000 years ago), undated photo. It was inspired by the archaeological findings at the Arene Candide site, in Italy. (Tom Bjoerklund/Newsflash)

People During Last Ice Age Who Sought Shelter In Spain And Portugal Survived Unlike Their Relatives In Italy

A new study has revealed that only hunter-gatherers who sought refuge in Spain and Portugal survived the last Ice Age 30,000 years ago. Using new DNA analysis of prehistoric human…

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Read more about the article 70 Million-Year-Old Platypus Relative From Dinosaur Age Found In Patagonia
Illustration of of Patagorhynchus pascual, undated. A team of palaeontologists found in the Patagonia of Argentina fossil remains of a close relative of the platypus that lived in the Mesozoic era, in the Chorrillo Formation, Argentina. (CONICET/Newsflash)

70 Million-Year-Old Platypus Relative From Dinosaur Age Found In Patagonia

The fossilised remains of a new species that is a 70-million-year-old dinosaur-age relative of the modern-day platypus have been discovered in Patagonia. The researchers who made the discovery said that…

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Read more about the article More Than Half Exhibited Benin Objects In Switzerland Were Most Likely Looted By British Troops, Shows Research
Picture shows the Hip mask, from the Kingdom of Benin, undated. Eight Swiss museums are a part of the Benin Initiative Switzerland, to research the origin of their holdings from Kingdom of Benin. (Museum Rietberg, Rainer Wolfsberger/Newsflash)

More Than Half Exhibited Benin Objects In Switzerland Were Most Likely Looted By British Troops, Shows Research

Over half of the artefacts from the former African Kingdom of Benin that are exhibited in Switzerland ended up there after they were stolen by British soldiers in the 19th…

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