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A tiny creature that lived around half a billion years ago has been found almost perfectly preserved, with one scientist exclaiming his “jaw just dropped” while examining the exceptionally rare fossil.Remains of the larva, about the size of a poppy seed, were unearthed in China with its internal organs almost intact.The larva, named Youti yuanshi, dates back to 520 million years ago, around a time that a large diversity of life began to emerge on Earth, including many major animal groups alive today.The team said this ancient creature “provides key clues” on how modern arthropods – a group of animals...

A 520 million-year-old perfectly preserved creature is set to reveal secrets of evolution

Tool marks might represent some of the earliest known signs of human presence in southern South America. Recent findings from Argentina indicate human presence and exploitation of large mammals over 20,000 years ago, challenging previous beliefs about when humans first settled in the Americas. According to a study recently published...

Challenging Current Timelines: New Fossil Finds Suggest Early Humans in South America Over 20,000 Years Ago

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 Neanderthals and modern humans had a fascinatingly intertwined past. We know, from studies of our own DNA, that when the paths of the two species crossed, things could get more than a little steamy.



					
			

Traces of  Neanderthal DNA in our own genetic codes suggests that mingling and breeding happened more than once; so intimate has the relationship been that some scientists think we might need to stop classifying Neanderthals as a separate species. There are distinct orca groups with way less interaction.
Orcas aside, what we don't really have a clear idea about is the extent of the human-Neanderthal shenanigans....

Humans And Neanderthals Had a Longer, More Intertwined Relationship Than We Thought

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Jaw and arm bone fragments at an archeological site in Indonesia have revealed that humanity‘s so-called “Hobbit” ancestors were even smaller than initially thought. Knewz.com has learned that the first discovery of these humans was made when scientists dug out fairly recent remains dating back between 60,000 and 100,000 years ago. The latest find, located […]

Newly Discovered Hobbit Fossils From 700,000 Years Ago Reveal Stunning New Detail

A recent discovery has revealed an enduring mystery about mollusks: the origins and evolution of these ancient invertebrates. The traces of a half-billion-year-old spiny slug, a newly identified species known as Shishania aculeata, provide clear insights into the early evolution of mollusks. This remarkable find sheds light on the history...

Mollusks had spiny armor and no shells 500 million years ago

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The turn of the next millennium is still a long way off, but that hasn’t stopped scientists from simulating what future human evolution might look like when the year 3000 hits. The result? A computer simulation called “Mindy” features some pretty interesting changes that scientists say humanity could face if the current trends in technology continue.
Suffice it to say that if the model is right, the future of humanity leaves much to be desired. Many have been concerned for years about how spending hours working at a desk, hunched over a keyboard, is going to affect humans in the long...

This is what humans might evolve to look like in the year 3000

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Primary school geography paints such a neat picture of the world.It tells us, for example, that there are seven continents on Earth, but the truth is far more complex.Researchers are constantly encountering lost landmasses that constitute important pieces in the puzzle of our planet’s geological past.Now, a whole new continent has been found lurking beneath the icy waters of the northern Atlantic Ocean.The discovery was made around the Davis Strait, a large stretch of water located between Canada’s Baffin Island and Greenland.The strait was formed millions of years ago when the tectonic plates between the two islands shifted, reconfiguring the...

Scientists have just discovered a brand new continent

NEW YORK, NY.- Hundreds of thousands of years ago, our species arose in Africa. Research on the DNA of living people has indicated that early Homo sapiens stayed on the continent for a long while, with a small group leaving just 50,000 years ago to populate the rest of the world.

Early humans left Africa much earlier than previously thought

The remains of a mysterious Mayan underground structure have been unearthed in Mexico by archaeologists.
Developments in archeology continue to help bring ancient history to light and teach us about how early civilizations lived on planet earth.
Recent discoveries have revealed a 4000-year-old labyrinth found in the home of the “minotaur” in Crete, while experts may have solved one of the greatest mysteries of the ancient world after a landmark discovery in Egypt.
Now, archaeologists in Campeche, Mexico, have discovered an underground structure located below a Maya ball court. 
The fascinating discovery was made when experts were in the process of excavating a...

Mysterious underground Maya structure unearthed in Mexico

NASA was reporting late Friday that an asteroid the size of an airplane traveling at an incomprehensible speed is headed Earth's direction, though it is unlikely to make contact, scientists said. The asteroid, named 2024 NB2, will get as close as 2,390,000 miles from Earth as it passes through the...

Asteroid headed toward Earth at remarkable speed

After three years of meticulous research, an international team of researchers has discovered a fossilized giant basal tetrapod in Namibia’s arid region. Basal tetrapods are early four-legged vertebrates that lived during the crucial transition from water to land. This three-meter-long skeleton, found in the Ugab River valley, is the...

Giant swamp creature found in Namibia was an ambush predator

Located at Fuente Nueva-3, this Early Pleistocene archaeological site hosts some of the oldest traces of human habitation in Western Europe. Researchers at the University of Malaga have revealed, in an unprecedented manner, that the Early Pleistocene archaeological site of Orce, often referred to as the ‘elephant graveyard’ due to the abundance of remains from the extinct elephant species Mammuthus meridionalis, actually concealed a natural trap in the form of quicksand.

1.4 Million-Year-Old Human Activity Unearthed at Orce’s Quicksand Trap

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Dinosaurs were giant, toothy reptilian creatures that wandered the Earth for millions of years, constantly searching for food and defending their territories. They roamed the world during the Mesozoic, a geological period from 252 million to 66 million years ago.  But what lived before the dinosaurs? Surprisingly, Earth’s creatures were highly diverse during the Carboniferous […]

9 Massive Prehistoric Animals That Lived Before Dinosaurs

Editor’s Note: Here, Dr. Zahi Hawass, arguably Egypt’s most famous and celebrated archaeologist and egyptologist, recounts his recent discoveries at Gisr el-Mudir, also known as the Great Enclosure, one of the oldest stone structures known to date in Egypt, located at Saqqara and only a few hundred meters west of the Step Pyramid. Leading an excavation team, he uncovered evidence of a large cemetery consisting of tombs dated to the 5th and 6th Dynasties of Egypt’s Old Kingdom. What follows is his narrative in his own words:

Discoveries in the Shadow of the Step Pyramid

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A lady is cautioning others about purchasing budget earrings from Amazon, Shein, and H&M, after she experienced keloid formations on her earlobes due to wearing them. On a TikTok post that has garnered more than 334,000 likes, Sailor Rozema (@sailor.rozema), a content creator, shares a warning with her community of "dangly earring girls": the inexpensive jewelry found in fast fashion can have negative impacts on your well-being.

‘I’ll never be wearing earrings for the rest of my life’: Customer warns against buying from Shein

Food is essential for survival, and people have long wondered about the diets of our ancient ancestors. With limited resources and fewer developed recipes, their meals were likely simple. According to Science News, protein and food residue from 8,000-year-old ceramic bowls have revealed the dinner menus of Neolithic people. Agriculture...

Residue found in bowls reveals what Neolithic people in Europe ate 8000 years ago

The world today is more understanding – and embracing – of cannabis use than it has ever been before. Oddly enough, the green herb with its distinctive odor has quickly jumped the ranks from a controversial substance to an almost celebrated component of pop culture. However, like with...

Cannabis use directly linked to head and neck cancer

Move over dinosaurs! After the end of the Cretaceous period, when the dinosaurs went extinct, prehistoric mammals began to develop and emerge. During the Eocene Epoch, which spanned 56-34 million years ago, gigantic ancient elephant-like animals began to roam through grasslands and forests. While similar in look to their modern descendants, ancient gomphotheres had four […]

Meet Gomphotheres – The Gigantic Ancient Elephant With FOUR Deadly Tusks

Who doesn’t love the allure of the iconic Egyptian pyramids? Their grandeur and mystery have captivated us for centuries. But, the means through which they were built has remained perplexing, until now. Xavier Landreau from CEA Paleotechnic Institute, France, and his stellar team have recently published a fascinating study...

Mystery of how ancient Egyptians built the pyramids may be solved

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Human ancestors called ‘Hobbits’ of Flores were smaller than we imagined

The discovery of rare early human fossils on the Indonesian island of Flores, including an extraordinarily small adult limb bone, is providing crucial insights into the...

Human ancestors called ‘Hobbits’ of Flores were smaller than we imagined

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