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Intriguing 1-Million-Year-Old Skull Offers Key Clues To Human Evolution

Intriguing Million-Year-Old Human Skull Offers Key Clues To Our Evolution

Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Archaeologists and paleontologists have recently unearthed an intriguing 1-million-year-old human skull fossil that gives scientists a remarkable opportunity to get more insight into the complex history of human evolution. At a news conference of the National Cultural Heritage Administration in Beijing, scientists said the prehistoric skulls offer a monumental clue […]

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Mysterious Stone Spheres Could Be From Ancient Greek Board Game – Scientists Say

Archaeology, News

Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Archaeologists from the University of Bristol have suggested that mysterious stone spheres found at various ancient settlements across the Aegean and Mediterranean could be playing pieces from one of the earliest ever board games. Groups of spheres from Akrotiri. Credit: Konstantinos Trimmis There has been quite a lot of speculation

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Impact Of European Contact With Pacific Islands Was Devastating – New Study Reveals

Archaeology, News

Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Pacific island nations suffered severe depopulation from introduced diseases as a consequence of contact with European vessels, a new study from The Australian National University (ANU) shows. An engraving by Louie-Auguste de Sainson depicting a residential dwelling (left) constructed on top of a mound approximately one metre tall. Credit: State

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Mysterious Ancestor Of All Mammals Identified Through Genome Reconstruction

Archaeology, Fossils, News

Eddie Gonzales Jr. – AncientPages.com – Every modern mammal, from a platypus to a blue whale, is descended from a common ancestor that lived about 180 million years ago. We don’t know much about this animal, but an international team of researchers has computationally reconstructed its genome organization. “Our results have important implications for understanding

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Major Breakthrough: 1.4-Million-Year-Old Bones Discovered In Spain Rewrites History Of Human Evolution In Europe

Major Breakthrough: 1.4-Million-Year-Old Bones Discovered In Spain Rewrite History Of Human Evolution In Europe

Archaeology, Human Beginnings, News

Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Archaeologists excavating in Northern Spain have made an extraordinary discovery that they define as a breakthrough capable of rewriting the history of human evolution in Europe. At the caves of the Sierra de Atapuerca near Burgos, scientists unearthed facial bones that are 1.4-million-year-old. These are the oldest human fossils ever

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The villagers had time to flee, which is why the site does not contain human remains as other sites like Pompeii do

Remarkably Well-Preserved Afragola Village After The Vesuvio Eruption 4,000-Years Ago

Archaeology, News

Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – The Early Bronze Age village of Afragola on the Campania Plain of Southern Italy was buried under nearly a meter of volcanic ash deposited by the Avellino eruption of Vesuvius ca. 4,000 years ago. The remarkable preservation of the site is unmatched in Europe. Image – Mt. Vesuvius erupts in

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Mysterious Hieroglyphs Point To The Location Of Queen Nefertiti’s Tomb?

Archaeology, News

Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Scientists are optimistic and think the mystery of Nefertiti’s tomb may soon be solved. Egypt is a land where archaeologists regularly find ancient treasures, but the location of her tomb has so far remained an unsolved ancient mystery. However, the discovery of mysterious, hidden hieroglyphs within Tutankhamun’s tomb may point

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Humans’ Oldest Jawed Ancestor Is A 439-Million-Year-Old Spiky Shark – Surprising Discovery Shows

Archaeology, Fossils, Human Beginnings, News

Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – The quest to identify humans’ oldest continues. As scientists explore the realm of animals that lived on this planet millions of years ago, the evolution picture becomes more complete. Life reconstruction of Fanjingshania renovata. Credit: Zhang Heming Living sharks are often portrayed as the apex predators of the marine realm.

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Hadrianopolis is called "Zeugma of Black Sea” because of its mosaics. (AA

More Beautiful Mosaics In The Ancient City Of Hadrianopolis In Northern Turkey

Archaeology, News

Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – The ancient city of Hadrianopolis was an important site of pilgrimage for early Christians until the city lost its importance in the 8th century AD. Traces of the Asclepius cult were found during the studies carried out in the ancient city of Hadrianopolis ancient city, believed to have been used as

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Societies In Iberian Peninsula Deployed “Escape Economics” 4,000-Year-Old

Archaeology, News

Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Researchers from the University of Barcelona have analyzed settlement dynamics of the communities of the central-eastern Iberian Peninsula that existed 4,000 years ago. The fortified settlement of La Bastida (Totana, Murcia). This is one of the largest and best excavated settlements of El Argar. Credit: ASOME-UAB Using a Big Data

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