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September 28, 2024

African Rock Art Demonstrates How Indigenous People Were Early Paleontologists

About 200 years ago, in the Karoo region of South Africa, a member of the San civilization painted an elongated, tusked creature on a cave wall. It’s possible the walrus-like beast, known as the Horned Serpent, is a dicynodont—a species that lived in the area more than 200 million years ago and left numerous fossils.

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September 22, 2024

Volunteer Archeologist Unearths Rare Pictish Ring in Scotland

Over a thousand years ago, a people called the Picts dominated northern Scotland.

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September 21, 2024

Complex Life May Have Begun 1.5 Billion Years Earlier Than Believed

Humans, cats, dogs, chickens, rats, trees, fungi—today, complex life on Earth comes in a remarkable number of variations.

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September 14, 2024

Ancient Roman Mosaic of Marine Life Discovered in England

Roman Britain has left behind many relics which are still turning up in the soil of the island. From statue heads to Roman roads, archeologists are still making discoveries about the once-thriving outposts of the Empire. One important remnant of Roman Britain is the city of Wroxeter, known at the time as Viriconium.

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September 10, 2024

Little Boy Who Broke 3,500-Year-Old Vase Invited Back to Museum to See It Restored

Museums are famous for their near-ubiquitous “no touching” rule.

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September 3, 2024

Matching Dinosaur Tracks Connect South America and Africa

Millions of years ago, our seven continents were squished together in a supercontinent, one giant land mass known as Pangea.

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August 30, 2024

13,600-Year-Old Mastodon Skull Discovered in Iowa Riverbank

Mastodons once lumbered across North America. A member of the same animal family as mammoths and modern-day elephants, these ancient creatures roamed for millions of years, but died out in the end of the Pleistocene, around 10,500 years ago. Their decline coincided with several other critical changes, including the receding of the Ice Age glaciers and the spread of human beings across the continent.

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August 29, 2024

Trove of Persian Gold Coins Discovered in Ancient Greek City

In modern-day Turkey, a team of researchers from the Notion Archeological Project has made a discovery that seems straight out...

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August 29, 2024

Roman Road Is Found Buried Under an English Village Schoolyard

History can seem distant and obscure. It can be hard to imagine scenes of everyday life long ago.

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August 29, 2024

British Man With a Metal Detector Stumbles Upon 52,000 Ancient Coins Worth $500K

Anyone armed with a metal detector is often looking for buried treasure, but in 2010, one man from the UK found more than he could have ever expected. Hospital chef Dave Crisp was searching for metal objects in a field in southwest England when he hit upon something unusual—a pot filled with Roman coins.

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