An Ancient Girl’s Female Fills the Gap in a Human’s Family Tree

The tooth, found in a mountain cave in Laos, has solved one of the biggest scientific mysteries of the Denisovans, an ancient human arm that disappeared about 50,000 years ago. Since 2010, when Denisovan teeth and finger bones were first used discoveredDNA testing revealed that the enigmatic hominins were among the ancestors of people living …

An Ancient Girl’s Female Fills the Gap in a Human’s Family Tree

The tooth, found in a mountain cave in Laos, has solved one of the biggest scientific mysteries of the Denisovans, an ancient human arm that disappeared about 50,000 years ago. Since 2010, when Denisovan teeth and finger bones were first used discoveredDNA testing revealed that the enigmatic hominins were among the ancestors of people living …

Alabama’s ’19. Ancient Dark Zone Art Treasure in the Cave of the Nameless

The cave curves for two miles beneath northern Alabama, with gorges that turn into mysterious dark zones, sediment deposits, a waterfall, and deep pools. Ancient footprints are buried in its furthest gorge. The names of Union soldiers from the Civil War are scribbled on a wall. Bending over the ceiling because the ceiling was too …

New DNA Analysis Supports Ancient Roots of an Unrecognized Tribe

In the Handbook of the California Indians” anthropologist published in 1925 Alfred Kroeber He said the people of Ohlone were “extinct for all practical purposes.” noting that only “a few scattered individuals survived.” Although the anthropologist didn’t relinquish the declaration of extinction until the 1950s, “the damage has been done,” said Charlene Nijmeh, head of …

Cannibalism Is More Ancient Than Thought, Trilobite Fossils

Cannibalism is common among millions of modern arthropod species. Praying mantis consumes its mate after mating, termites suck blood from wounded peers and mosquitoes Junk food on the larvae. But how far back does this eerie style of eating go in the life-feeding history of life? Previous studies, earliest cannibalism About 450 million years ago …

Like Cheetahs, Ancient Ocean Creatures May Have Galloped

cheetahs fastest animals on landget in at speed more than 60 miles per hour. By comparison, salamanders run at a much more measured pace. While cheetahs are exponentially larger and stronger than salamanders, another big difference between the two is how they move – their gait. When chasing prey, cheetahs move with an asymmetrical gait—especially …

New Approaches to Ancient Myths (Without Gods or Dragons)

Another young German director, Elsa-Sophie Jach, is trying out something like a feminist version of “Dionysos Stadt” with “The Outrageous Ones: Technoid Love Letters for Ancient Heroines” at the Residenztheater in Munich. With its lengthy narrations, installation-like set, and live percussion music, there is much in the production that resembles Rüping’s work. In the intimate …

Met Museum to Renovate Ancient Near East and Cyprus Galleries

Museum officials announced on Tuesday that the Metropolitan Museum of Art is planning a $40 million initiative to renovate the Ancient Near East and Cyprus galleries. The collection includes some of the institution’s best-known ancient artifacts from the eastern Mediterranean coast to Iran, including a pair of tall lamassu sculptures – winged lions with human …