Extinct date palms grown from 2000-year-old seeds found near Jerusalem Seven date palm trees have been grown from 2000-year-old seeds that were found in the Judean desert near Jerusalem. The seeds – the oldest ever germinated – were among hundreds discovered in caves and in an ancient palace built by King Herod the Great in …

99-Million-Year-Old Millipede Trapped In Amber Discovered In Myanmar The analysis of an amber-trapped, 99 million-year-old fossilized millipede is bringing scientists to utterly rethink the evolution of the entire millipede species. Researchers found that the perfectly preserved 8.2 mm specimen found in Burma was an entirely new species, according to a study published in the journal …

This 99-Million-Year-Old Dinosaur Tail Trapped in Amber Hints at Feather Evolution A feathered dinosaur’s tail has been found in Myanmar amber perfectly preserved. The one-of – a-kind breakthrough helps to put a new perspective on the evolution of a group that dominant in the world for more than 160 million years. The examination of the specimen …

Archaeologists discover 4,800-year-old fossil of a mother cradling a baby The ancient remains of a young mother and a child locked in a 4,800-year-old embrace were discovered by archeologists. Of 48 sets of remains discovered from tombs in Taiwan, including five children’s fossils, this makes a remarkable discovery. The scientists were shocked to find the maternal …

The Siloam Pool: Where Jesus Healed the Blind Man In Old Jerusalem workers have stumbled upon the ruins of the Siloam Pool, wherein John’s Gospel, Jesus cures a man who is blind from birth — the new find is praised as a discovery that helps to demonstrate the Bible’s historical authenticity. In the Los Angeles Times, …

800-year-old vases containing frozen clotted cream and yellow ʙuттer found from glacial An anomaly of three clotted creams and one vase of yellow ʙuттer preserved in glacier about 700 to 800 years ago is discovered in the “Umard Mongol” joint investigation team of the National Museum of Mongolia, the University of Pittsburgh and the United …

Anthropologists confirm the existence of specialized sheep-hunting camp in prehistoric Lebanon The presence of a hunting camp, currently situated in north-eastern Lebanon, over 10,000 years old, has been confirmed by anthropologists at the University of Toronto – one that straddles the period marking the transition from nomadic hunter-gatherer societies to agricultural settlements at the onset of …

Spider-Like Creature With a Tail Was Just Found in 100 Million-Year-Old Amber Amber mined for centuries in Myanmar for jewelry is a treasure trove for understanding the evolution of spiders and their other arachnid relatives. This week, two independent teams describe four 100-million-year-old specimens encased in amber that look like a cross between a spider …

Archaeologists discover fossil of ancient turtle species that never grew a shell A fossil freshly discovered turtle, that lived 228 million years ago, illustrates how modern turtles have developed these traits. It had a beak, but while its body was Frisbee-shaped, its wide ribs hadn’t grown to form a shell-like we see in turtles today. “This …