This ancient community in Switzerland might have been egalitarian
Perhaps we may learn a thing or two from these people.
Tag: ancient
Who were the Inca, South America’s largest ancient empire?
One of the most unique among all ancient empires.
Ancient teeth confirm: people have been trading internationally for thousands of years
A banana can teach you much about history.
People used marijuana in rituals 2,500 years ago
High up in the mountains of China.
Ancient plants reproduce in the UK as global warming increases
“It’s not something that’s happened with a short-term mild spell. It’s a longer-term warming which is making these things happen.”
The birth of forests helped drive two massive, ancient extinctions
They did not come in peace.
Ancient tool pushes history of tattooing in the western US by over a thousand years
People were getting inked long before we even had ink!
Neanderthal diet revolved around meat, new study finds
Caveburgers, anyone?
Painted rock points to higher cognitive function in humans 73,000 years ago
Artwork from waaaay before Photoshop.
One broken gene made us very good runners
A genetic fluke two to three million years ago turned humans into the best endurance runners around.
Infant skeleton sheds new light on early Native American populations
Genome sequencing of infant found in Alaska reveals new Native American Population
Mysterious 9.7-million-year-old fossilized teeth likely belong to unknown ancient European primate
Some speculate the teeth may belong to a hominid species but evidence backs no such sensationalist claim.
New ancient car-sized species identified by paleontologists. It was related to Megalodon
Some 20 million years ago, both the Atlantic and the Pacific were haunted by a huge shark the size of ...
