Scientists discover oldest human fossil outside of Africa
Oldest non-African modern human fossil revealed to be 195,000 years old The popular consensus in palaeoanthropology places the ancestors of our species exclusively in Africa before making a successful migration into Eurasia around 60,000 years ago. There has been some level of recognition that perhaps small numbers of early modern humans reached the Levant and …
Hoard of Viking coins worth at least £500,000 found during police raids
Hoard of Viking coins worth at least £500,000 found during police raids A hoard of Viking coins has been confiscated by police investigating an illegal trade in historic treasures that could rewrite British history. The collection of coins and a silver ingot, dating back to King Alfred the Great’s reign of the 9th century, were …
Huge Dinosaur Footprints Discovered on Scottish Coast
Huge Dinosaur Footprints Discovered on Scottish Coast MORE THAN 160 million years ago, long-necked dinosaurs called sauropods lumbered through the ancient lagoons that dotted what is now Great Britain. Now, dozens of their footprints have been found on the forbidding, wave-pounded coast of Scotland’s Isle of Skye. Researchers Davide Foffa and Hong-Yu Yi, University of …
Archaeologists Sign Peтιтion Protesting the Construction of a Machu Picchu Airport
Archaeologists Say New Airport Near Machu Picchu “Would Destroy It” The Incan citadel of Machu Picchu in Peru is one of the world’s most stunning pieces of engineering, and a hypnotizing, historical remnant of a mystical past. Nestled in the Andes at around 8,000 feet, the government is now planning to boost the lucrative tourism …
Europe’s Oldest Mosque May Be Buried Underground in This Visigothic City in Spain
Europe’s Oldest Mosque May Be Buried Underground in This Visigothic City in Spain Reccopolis, a rural area outside of Madrid, has witnessed an extraordinary archaeological effort, with researchers arriving at an important finding using a geomagnetic instrument that helped map walls and other structures still buried underground. The ancient, 1,400-year-old city was found to have …
Bones Of Ancient Human Sacrifice Victims Found By Workers Laying Water Pipes
Workers Laying Pipe In Britain Discover Grisly Remains Of Roman-Era Human Sacrifice Victims When engineers were tasked with the routine laying of water pipes in Oxfordshire, England, they likely did not expect to find a nearly 3,000-year-old settlement, Iron Age and Roman-era tools — and dozens of Neolithic skeletons. According to CNN, the remains of 26 …
Meet The Megatherium: The Adorable 13-Foot Sloth That Ruled The Prehistoric Amazon
Meet The Megatherium: The Adorable 13-Foot Sloth That Ruled The Prehistoric Amazon The year is 9,000 B.C. Humongous cave bears, saber-toothed tigers, and mᴀssive-antlered Irish elk roam the grᴀsslands and forests of South America, but the biggest of all is the Megatherium, an elephant-sized ground sloth. The Megatherium was one of the largest ground mammals …
Entire 18-acre Ancient Roman town discovered next to major motorway
Entire Ancient Roman Town Discovered Off A Highway In England The remains of an entire ancient Roman town have been discovered close to a highway in southeast England. Construction workers were preparing to build more than a hundred new houses when they came upon the nearly 2000-year-old ruins. According to The Independent, a team of 30 …
Remains of medieval child found with other skeletons just yards from St Patrick’s grave in Northern Ireland
Remains of a medieval child found with other skeletons just yards from St Patrick’s grave in Northern Ireland The medieval skeletons were found beside Down Cathedral in Downpatrick, County Down. Archaeologists first thought they had found the lost cemetery of 13th Century Benedictine monks. But they have said the oldest skeleton is that of a …
The Irish Have Much More Viking DNA Than Previously Thought, Genetic Study Reveals
The Irish Have Much More Viking DNA Than Previously Thought, Genetic Study Reveals An Irish Viking. The concept has become more real and more captivating. Anyone who’s read even a bit about the history of the Vikings knows that their DNA is likely to be found in people living in the British Isles today. New …