Electra was discovered. Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan – © Wikimedia Commons Previous efforts to identify historical bone fragments found on the island in 1940 also ended in disappointment. Although initial reports from the era suggested the bones might...

Bones believed to be the youngest mammoths ever found shocked scientists with their age, until advanced chemical tests and ancient DNA revealed a startling truth hidden in plain sight. What if woolly mammoths did not disappear when we thought they did?...

Scientists have recovered ancient DNA from a 5,500-year-old skeleton in Colombia, revealing the oldest known genetic evidence of a syphilis-related bacterium and offering new insight into how these diseases evolved. Syphilis has troubled human...

Researchers discovered human DNA traces in five ancient samples, four of which lacked paint, offering new insights into prehistoric artifacts. In a groundbreaking achievement for paleogenetics, researchers have successfully extracted ancient human DNA...

A forgotten frog fossil in a historic collection surprises scientists with an unexpected discovery, reshaping our view of ancient amphibians. A fossil recovered from California’s La Brea Tar Pits in the 1950s has been identified as a previously unknown...

A strange Sahara dinosaur challenges Spinosaurus theories, revealing a frightening new hunting method. A team led by University of Chicago paleontologist Paul Sereno has announced a new spinosaurid species, Spinosaurus mirabilis, whose anatomy suggests...

in a 300 percent increase in recorded Middle Stone Age finds within a single season. Bags of stone tools, flakes and bone fragments from the Serengeti excavations laid out on a table at the field camp. Credit: Marta Osypińska / University of Wrocław...

Archaeologists have discovered a perfectly preserved 17th-century pot at a Florida mission site, sparking a mystery over the purpose of the hidden structure. Archaeologists working in Gainesville, Florida, have unearthed a rare historical artifact that...

Archaeologists have unearthed rare 13,000-year-old wooden artifacts in Spain, revealing sophisticated tools and a mysterious club used by Neanderthals. Archaeologists working at the Abric Romaní site near Barcelona have uncovered a rare, perishable...

A long‑lost fossil reveals a new 200‑million‑year‑old predator, shedding light on an ancient world previously unknown to science. Researchers have unveiled a previously unknown crocodile‑like reptile that roamed what is now northern New Mexico about...

The path to identifying Dasosaurus tocantinensis began in 2021 when environmental monitors at the terminal site flagged bone fragments they initially mistook for relatively modern megafauna. Elver Luiz Mayer, a professor at the Federal University of the...

Scientists have discovered an innovative method to extract hidden prehistoric data from cave walls long after the last visitors have departed. In a milestone for paleogenetics, researchers have successfully recovered ancient human DNA directly from...

DNA from 10 bodies reveals a previously unknown ancient population in Ladakh’s Old Lady Spider Cave, dating back 1,500 years at 4,000 m altitude. New genetic data from a sparsely studied part of the Himalayas shed light on how ancient peoples moved...

to a modern saw, while other pieces appear to have been fitted with handles—potentially attached to wooden shafts, bone fragments, or horns using resin. Ancient flint artifacts found at İnkaya Cave. Credit: Arkeolojihaber The manufacturing sequence...

Paleontologists have discovered a new species of extinct marine reptile, Halisaurus auriculatus, unearthed from Cretaceous fossils in Egypt’s Western Desert. New Mosasaur Species Unearthed in Egypt’s Western Desert Paleontologists have identified a...

Researchers have created a digital facial reconstruction of a Jebel Irhoud hominin, offering a vivid look at what humans looked like 315,000 years ago. New insights into the appearance of our earliest known Homo sapiens ancestors have emerged following...

steppe ecosystem. The site reveals clear signatures of human intervention. Microscopic analysis of ribs and other bone fragments shows sharp, distinct cut marks consistent with flint tools. Investigators also recovered eight stone implements, including...

Archaeologists find 8,000‑year‑old fingerprints on Turkish pottery, revealing hidden ancient individuals and offering new insight into prehistoric lives. Archaeologists have recovered fingerprints that survived on ceramics and raw clay dating back...

erected. In this case, reviewers noted that the dated samples lacked clear markers of human activity such as charcoal, bone fragments, tools, or other artifacts. The Gunung Padang site in Indonesia. Credit: Garry Lotulung/NurPhoto Flint Dibble of...

Scientists examine an exceptionally preserved fossil to trace vertebrate brain evolution across hundreds of millions of years. Researchers have uncovered a coal‑bearing fossil from northwest England that contains a remarkably intact brain dating back...