A recent analysis of the DNA of the controversial Nazca Mummies show that 30 percent of their DNA is “not from any known species,” according to Mexican journalist Jaime Maussan; although he previously said that this portion of their genetic makeup was “unknown”, this update purports that the DNA specificallyread more
Two pieces of preserved wood have been discovered at an archaeological site in Zambia that indicate that ancient humans had developed woodworking techniques to build structures nearly a half-million years ago, extending our use of this near-universal building technology to a point before modern humans even emerged. Made from theread more
Archaeologists may have a new tool for use in the search for the remains of lost civilizations—especially in areas now covered by the sea—by detecting the magnetic anomalies borne by the traces of the people that once lived in these long-forgotten realms. Magnetometry is a technique used to measure minuteread more
A new study suggests that some ancient humans may have had an ability that many of us would like to have at the end of each year: to be able to hibernate through the cold winter months. This new theory regarding our ancestors and their close cousins came from half-million-year-oldread more