Earliest Mayan calendar goes well beyond 2012
A small room in Xultún indicates that the Mayan calendar goes well beyond 2012.
Neanderthals were disappearing before modern humans arrived
European Neanderthals were already on the verge of extinction 50,000 years ago.
3,000-year-old tomb of female singer found in Egypt
Swiss archaeologists have discovered the tomb of a female singer dating back almost 3,000 years in Egypt’s Valley of the Kings.
World’s oldest evidence of deep sea fishing
Our regional ancestors mastered the art of deep sea fishing 42,000 years ago.
Climate change may have wiped out the Greenland Vikings
The Norse can teach us a lesson about failing to adapt to climate change.
Tutankhamun’s burial believed to be a rush job
The microbial growths in the pharaoh’s tomb suggest that he was buried in a hurry.
The secret lies beneath the collagen
Researchers form the University of York and the University of Manchester, UK, have extracted protein from the bones of a 600,000 year-old mammoth.
Scientists unearth one of the oldest brains in Britain
Scientists have discovered remnants of brain tissue in the skull of an Iron-age man.
