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Palaeontology, Archaeology and History

Prehistoric, historical and archaeological mysteries

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  1. One million years ago, our human relatives may have challenged giant hyenas for carcasses

    By Still Waters,   
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  2. The ancient Sri Lankan 'tank cascades' tackling drought

    Ancient hydraulic system still in use today
    By OverSword,
    • 0 replies
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  3. The Bible That Stopped a Bullet

    In 1863, a New Testament tucked in the pocket of Union soldier Charles W. Merrill prevented a musket ball from mortally wounding him
    By Still Waters,   
    • 1 reply
    • 42 views

  4. The oldest hunter-gatherer basketry in southern Europe, identified

    By Waspie_Dwarf,   
    • 0 replies
    • 56 views

  5. 1,400-year-old tomb of emperor in China

    Reveals evidence of royal power struggle among brothers and a warlord
    By Waspie_Dwarf,   
    • 0 replies
    • 39 views

  6. Unraveling an Ice Age Mystery – New Study Reveals Surprises About Early Human Migration

    By Grim Reaper 6,
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  7. Three new Jurassic-era dinosaur track sites found in Morocco

    By Waspie_Dwarf,   
    • 0 replies
    • 54 views

  8. New Dinosaurs of 2023

    By Carnoferox,
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  9. Students made Oxford the murder capital of late medieval England, research suggests

    By Waspie_Dwarf,   
    • 1 reply
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  10. Witchcraft accusations were an ‘occupational hazard’ for female workers in early modern England

    Women’s working conditions increased the odds of them being suspected as witches, according to a new analysis of an English astrologer’s case files from the early 17th century.
    By Waspie_Dwarf,   
    • 0 replies
    • 56 views

  11. Advanced imaging reveals the last bite of a 465-million-year-old trilobite

    By Waspie_Dwarf,   
    • 0 replies
    • 49 views

  12. New Rooms Discovered in Sahura’s Pyramid

    By Waspie_Dwarf,   
    • 0 replies
    • 43 views

  13. Fossil results indicate polar bears survived last global warming deglaciation

    In Siberian and Canadian refugia
    By Waspie_Dwarf,   
    • 0 replies
    • 65 views

  14. Fossils show widespread plant extinctions after asteroid wiped out dinosaurs

    More than half of all plant species went extinct at the end of the Cretaceous period, according to new analysis that could influence modern conservation efforts
    By Waspie_Dwarf,   
    • 1 reply
    • 78 views

  15. Unearthing ancient faith: Byzantine Greek inscription of Psalms 86 found in Hyrcania

    By Still Waters,   
    • 0 replies
    • 57 views

  16. 'Ritual text' from lost Indo-European language discovered on ancient clay tablet in Turkey

    By Still Waters,   
    • 0 replies
    • 81 views

  17. New images of 5,000-year-old Highland burial site

    By Still Waters,   
    • 0 replies
    • 112 views

  18. Henry VIII’s favourite fool - the man the Tudor court loved to laugh at

    By Still Waters,   
    • 0 replies
    • 101 views

  19. Curious 300,000-year-old hybrid jawbone has ancient and modern human characteristics

    By Still Waters,   
    • 2 replies
    • 208 views

  20. New Species of Cricket Found Preserved in 99-Million-Year-Old Amber

    By Waspie_Dwarf,   
    • 0 replies
    • 73 views

  21. Paleontologists Unearth New Species of Pterosaur in Portugal

    A new genus and species of gnathosaurine pterosaur that lived during the Jurassic period has been identified from fossils found in Portugal.
    By Waspie_Dwarf,   
    • 0 replies
    • 61 views

  22. New study refutes origin claim involving Bronze Age tin ingots recovered from shipwreck

    By Still Waters,   
    • 0 replies
    • 83 views

  23. Facial reconstruction of a Bronze Age woman discovered crouching in a 4,200-year-old grave

    By Still Waters,   
    • 0 replies
    • 89 views

  24. Workers uncover 8 mummies and pre-Inca objects while expanding the gas network in Peru

    By Still Waters,   
    • 0 replies
    • 121 views

  25. New Indo-European Language Discovered

    By Waspie_Dwarf,   
    • 0 replies
    • 107 views

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