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13 million-year-old human ancestor unearthed
8-10-2017 |
30
Palaeontologists have discovered the skull of what is thought to be mankind's earliest known ancestor.
Moon is much wetter than previously thought
VIDEO 7-25-2017 | 36
Satellite data has revealed that there is water trapped all across the Moon's surface, not just at the poles.
Nazi gold reportedly found in WWII shipwreck
7-24-2017 | 2
A chest thought to be filled with Nazi gold has been found in the wreckage of the scuttled SS Minden.
Australia find 'rewrites the history books'
7-20-2017 | 8
Archaeologists now believe that Australia was colonized 18,000 years earlier than previously thought.
Mars may be a lot more toxic than we thought
7-7-2017 | 8
New research has shown that the Martian soil is quite an inhospitable environment for microbial life.
Did first Americans arrive 130,000 years ago?
4-27-2017 | 72
A new discovery has indicated that the first humans arrived in the Americas much earlier than thought.
'Hobbits' much older than previously thought
4-21-2017 | 5
Scientists have revealed that Homo floresiensis is actually one of the earliest known forms of human.
Vast Canadian river disappeared in four days
4-18-2017 | 11
Last year the Slims river totally vanished in what is thought to be a modern case of 'river piracy'.
Elephants are more intelligent than we thought
4-12-2017 | 9
New research has shown that elephants possess a level of self-understanding that is rare in animals.
New 'king' polar bear clue found in Alaska
3-18-2017 | 2
A skull belonging to what is thought to be an extinct species of giant polar bear has been discovered.
New discovery rewrites the history of Mars
3-6-2017 | 19
Scientists have revealed that Mars was much wetter and therefore more habitable than previously thought.
Fossil of ancient giant penguin unearthed
2-27-2017 | 2
This newly described species of penguin is thought to have walked the Earth over 60 million years ago.
Titanic may have been doomed by a coal fire
1-2-2017 | 44
It is now thought that the vessel had been on fire even before it left on its fateful maiden voyage.
New study exonerates HIV/AIDS 'patient zero'
10-27-2016 | 3
The man thought to be responsible for bringing the virus to North America was actually totally innocent.
Mystery surrounds object found in Romania
10-21-2016 | 135
A strange aluminium object unearthed in Romania in 1973 is thought to date back up to 250,000 years.
Huge 175-ton jade stone unearthed in Burma
10-16-2016 | 16
Miners were ecstatic when they came across the stone which is thought to be worth around $170 million.
Galaxies are a lot more numerous than thought
10-15-2016 | 22
There are believed to be ten times as many galaxies in the universe than previous studies had suggested.
Mars lakes formed more recently than thought
9-19-2016 | 21
It now appears as though Mars would have been able to support life for longer than is generally believed.
Greenland sharks live for at least 272 years
8-13-2016 | 21
These carnivorous ocean-dwellers are now thought to be the longest-lived vertebrates on the planet.
Luminous ball of light filmed in Siberia
VIDEO 8-4-2016 | 32
A witness has captured footage of what is thought to be a rare case of ball lightning on his smartphone.
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