Fossilized Skulls Reveal Relatives Of Today’s Rhinos Had No Horn And Died Out 5 Million Years Ago Paleontologists from Tübingen have redefined a rhinoceros genus that had fallen into oblivion: Eochilotherium lived more than 5 million years ago and did not have a horn on its nose. Hornless rhinos were known to be ancestors of … Read more
Ancient Landscape Not Seen For 14 Million Years Discovered Beneath Antarctic Ice An ancient river system that has not seen the light of day for at least 14 million years has been discovered underneath the East Antarctic Ice Sheet, new research reports. With ice-penetrating radar and satellite data, Durham University glaciologist Stewart Jamieson and colleagues … Read more
2,000-year-old stone faces and engravings emerge amid severe drought in Amazon Ancient human faces believed to have been carved into rock up to 2,000 years ago have been revealed in the Amazon. The previously hidden petroglyphs were spotted on a riverbank after an extreme drought last week caused water levels to plummet to their lowest level … Read more
“Arabian Stonehenge” Uncovered in Oman Desert Handaxes from the period of the first human migration out of Africa, circular burial chambers, a collection of rock engravings, and the Arabian Stonehenge. Unique findings are being reported by an international team led by the Institute of Archaeology of the CAS in Prague, which has successfully completed its … Read more
Unpredictable Rainfall May Have Helped Destabilized Ancient Maya Societies Reduced predictability of seasonal rainfall might have played a significant role in the disintegration of Classic Maya societies about 1,100 years ago. “Decline in seasonal predictability potentially destabilized Classic Maya societies” is a new study recently published in Communications Earth & Environment. University of New Mexico archaeologist … Read more
Scientists Claim That There Is Another World Under Antarctica’s Ice Beneath a vast Antarctic ice shelf, in a cathedral-like cavern hundreds of metres high, are swarms of little shrimp-like creatures in a newly discovered underwater ecosystem that, until recently, had remained an ice-locked secret. A team of scientists from New Zealand discovered the ecosystem 500 metres below … Read more
28,000-Year-Old Cave Lion Cub with Whiskers and Claws Found Frozen in Siberia A perfectly preserved cave lion cub found frozen in Siberia has been confirmed as a female that died 28,000 years ago, by a new study into the creatures remains. It was one of the best-preserved ice age animals ever found and has been … Read more
280-Million-Year-Old Fossil Forest Discovered in Antarctica Geologists have discovered 280-million-year-old tree fossils in what is believed to be evidence of the oldest polar forest found in Antarctica. Erik Gulbranson and John Isbell from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee trekked across the Transantarctic Mountains during the continent’s summer, between November and January. They found the ancient specimens … Read more