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5,700-Year-Old House Fire in Ukraine Reveals Mysterious Cucuteni-Trypillia Remains
- Friday December 13, 2024
- Written by Gadgets 360 Staff
Archaeological findings in Kosenivka, Ukraine, reveal the burned remains of seven individuals from the Cucuteni-Trypillia societies, dated to approximately 5,700 years ago. The victims, including children and adults, showed signs of violent head trauma, suggesting possible intergroup conflict. One skull fragment placed atop the burial a century lat...
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Neolithic Stone Circles Discovered in England Could Solve the Stonehenge Mystery: Report
- Monday November 25, 2024
- Written by Gadgets 360 Staff
Two Neolithic stone circles were recently discovered on Dartmoor, England. Alan Endacott, archaeologist, suggests these sites, one named Metheral and the other Irishman’s Wall, were part of a 5-mile ceremonial arc from 5,000 years ago. The findings highlight the cultural and spiritual significance of Dartmoor's uplands in prehistoric times. Simil...
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Young Girl Uncovers Dinosaur Footprints on South Wales Beach
- Tuesday August 20, 2024
- Gadgets 360 Staff
In an extraordinary turn of events, 10-year-old Tegan’s beach outing in South Wales led to the remarkable discovery of dinosaur footprints dating back over 200 million years. While exploring Lavernock Point in the Vale of Glamorgan, Tegan and her mother Claire stumbled upon five large footprints, which palaeontologists believe were made by a came...
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Stonehenge's Mysterious Altar Stone May Have Travelled 500 Miles From Scotland, Reveals New Study
- Thursday August 15, 2024
- Feature | Edited by Ritu Singh
This finding challenges a century of geological consensus that pinpointed Wales as the stone's origin.
- www.ndtv.com
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Ancient Humans Followed A Trend That Is Still Prevalent: Archaeologists
- Wednesday March 20, 2024
- World News | Reuters
Stone ornaments found around the mouths and ears of skeletons at an 11,000-year-old burial site in southeast Turkey prove that humans have been piercing their bodies since prehistoric times and thinking about self-image, archaeologists said.
- www.ndtv.com
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One Of Palaeontology's Biggest Mysteries Solved - Extinction Of The Giant Ape
- Thursday January 11, 2024
- Science | The Conversation
Giant creatures are usually associated with dinosaurs, woolly mammoths or mystical beasts. But if you go back though the human lineage youll find a very distant relative that stood three metres tall and weighed around 250 kilograms.
- www.ndtv.com
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Human Ancestors May Have Butchered And Eaten Each Other, New Study Finds
- Wednesday June 28, 2023
- Science | Edited by Ritu Singh
A fossilized leg bone bearing cut marks made by stone tools might be the earliest evidence that ancient humans butchered and ate each other's flesh
- www.ndtv.com
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Scientists Find Fossil Of Prehistoric Bear-Dog That Lived In France 12 Million Years Ago
- Monday June 20, 2022
- Science | Edited by Amit Chaturvedi
Scientists said the jawbone they found had a unique lower premolar, suggesting it belonged to a genus of the predator species never seen before.
- www.ndtv.com
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Forget Eggs - 245 Million Years Ago, This Long-Necked Sea Creature Gave Birth To Live Babies
- Wednesday February 15, 2017
- Offbeat | Ben Guarino, The Washington Post
A quarter of a billion years ago, when a shallow sea covered what is now southwest China, a large, long-necked aquatic reptile got pregnant. That is an unusual fact by modern standards - many reptiles, such as birds, turtles and crocodiles, do not get pregnant, which is to say they do not incubate embryos within their bodies and give birth to live ...
- www.ndtv.com
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Vast 5,600-Year-Old Religious Complex Discovered Near Stonehenge
- Monday November 21, 2016
- World News | Press Trust of India
A huge religious complex built about 5,650 years ago has been discovered near Britain's most famous prehistoric monument Stonehenge, a finding which shows that entire area was even more sacred and ritually active than previously believed.
- www.ndtv.com
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Caveman's Best Friends? Preserved Ice Age Puppies Awe Scientists
- Monday March 28, 2016
- Offbeat | Agence France-Presse
The hunters searching for mammoth tusks were drawn to the steep riverbank by a deposit of ancient bones. To their astonishment, they discovered an Ice Age puppy's snout peeking out from the permafrost.
- www.ndtv.com
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97 Bodies Found Stuffed Into 5,000-Year-Old House in China
- Tuesday July 28, 2015
- World News | Press Trust of Inda
In a gruesome find, archaeologists have unearthed remains of 97 human bodies stuffed into a 5,000 year-old small house, possibly killed in an epidemic of some sort, in northeast China.
- www.ndtv.com
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World's Largest Solar Boat on Greek Prehistoric Mission
- Monday July 28, 2014
- World News | Agence France-Presse
The world's largest solar boat, the catamaran PlanetSolar, will embark on a Greek mission to find one of the oldest sites inhabited by man in Europe, an organiser said earlier today.
- www.ndtv.com
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6,000-year-old 'halls of the dead' discovered in UK
- Tuesday July 30, 2013
- World News | Press Trust of India
For the first time, remains of two large 6000-year-old halls, each buried within a prehistoric burial mound, have been unearthed in UK.
- www.ndtv.com
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5,700-Year-Old House Fire in Ukraine Reveals Mysterious Cucuteni-Trypillia Remains
- Friday December 13, 2024
- Written by Gadgets 360 Staff
Archaeological findings in Kosenivka, Ukraine, reveal the burned remains of seven individuals from the Cucuteni-Trypillia societies, dated to approximately 5,700 years ago. The victims, including children and adults, showed signs of violent head trauma, suggesting possible intergroup conflict. One skull fragment placed atop the burial a century lat...
- www.gadgets360.com
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Neolithic Stone Circles Discovered in England Could Solve the Stonehenge Mystery: Report
- Monday November 25, 2024
- Written by Gadgets 360 Staff
Two Neolithic stone circles were recently discovered on Dartmoor, England. Alan Endacott, archaeologist, suggests these sites, one named Metheral and the other Irishman’s Wall, were part of a 5-mile ceremonial arc from 5,000 years ago. The findings highlight the cultural and spiritual significance of Dartmoor's uplands in prehistoric times. Simil...
- www.gadgets360.com
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Young Girl Uncovers Dinosaur Footprints on South Wales Beach
- Tuesday August 20, 2024
- Gadgets 360 Staff
In an extraordinary turn of events, 10-year-old Tegan’s beach outing in South Wales led to the remarkable discovery of dinosaur footprints dating back over 200 million years. While exploring Lavernock Point in the Vale of Glamorgan, Tegan and her mother Claire stumbled upon five large footprints, which palaeontologists believe were made by a came...
- www.gadgets360.com
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Stonehenge's Mysterious Altar Stone May Have Travelled 500 Miles From Scotland, Reveals New Study
- Thursday August 15, 2024
- Feature | Edited by Ritu Singh
This finding challenges a century of geological consensus that pinpointed Wales as the stone's origin.
- www.ndtv.com
-
Ancient Humans Followed A Trend That Is Still Prevalent: Archaeologists
- Wednesday March 20, 2024
- World News | Reuters
Stone ornaments found around the mouths and ears of skeletons at an 11,000-year-old burial site in southeast Turkey prove that humans have been piercing their bodies since prehistoric times and thinking about self-image, archaeologists said.
- www.ndtv.com
-
One Of Palaeontology's Biggest Mysteries Solved - Extinction Of The Giant Ape
- Thursday January 11, 2024
- Science | The Conversation
Giant creatures are usually associated with dinosaurs, woolly mammoths or mystical beasts. But if you go back though the human lineage youll find a very distant relative that stood three metres tall and weighed around 250 kilograms.
- www.ndtv.com
-
Human Ancestors May Have Butchered And Eaten Each Other, New Study Finds
- Wednesday June 28, 2023
- Science | Edited by Ritu Singh
A fossilized leg bone bearing cut marks made by stone tools might be the earliest evidence that ancient humans butchered and ate each other's flesh
- www.ndtv.com
-
Scientists Find Fossil Of Prehistoric Bear-Dog That Lived In France 12 Million Years Ago
- Monday June 20, 2022
- Science | Edited by Amit Chaturvedi
Scientists said the jawbone they found had a unique lower premolar, suggesting it belonged to a genus of the predator species never seen before.
- www.ndtv.com
-
Forget Eggs - 245 Million Years Ago, This Long-Necked Sea Creature Gave Birth To Live Babies
- Wednesday February 15, 2017
- Offbeat | Ben Guarino, The Washington Post
A quarter of a billion years ago, when a shallow sea covered what is now southwest China, a large, long-necked aquatic reptile got pregnant. That is an unusual fact by modern standards - many reptiles, such as birds, turtles and crocodiles, do not get pregnant, which is to say they do not incubate embryos within their bodies and give birth to live ...
- www.ndtv.com
-
Vast 5,600-Year-Old Religious Complex Discovered Near Stonehenge
- Monday November 21, 2016
- World News | Press Trust of India
A huge religious complex built about 5,650 years ago has been discovered near Britain's most famous prehistoric monument Stonehenge, a finding which shows that entire area was even more sacred and ritually active than previously believed.
- www.ndtv.com
-
Caveman's Best Friends? Preserved Ice Age Puppies Awe Scientists
- Monday March 28, 2016
- Offbeat | Agence France-Presse
The hunters searching for mammoth tusks were drawn to the steep riverbank by a deposit of ancient bones. To their astonishment, they discovered an Ice Age puppy's snout peeking out from the permafrost.
- www.ndtv.com
-
97 Bodies Found Stuffed Into 5,000-Year-Old House in China
- Tuesday July 28, 2015
- World News | Press Trust of Inda
In a gruesome find, archaeologists have unearthed remains of 97 human bodies stuffed into a 5,000 year-old small house, possibly killed in an epidemic of some sort, in northeast China.
- www.ndtv.com
-
World's Largest Solar Boat on Greek Prehistoric Mission
- Monday July 28, 2014
- World News | Agence France-Presse
The world's largest solar boat, the catamaran PlanetSolar, will embark on a Greek mission to find one of the oldest sites inhabited by man in Europe, an organiser said earlier today.
- www.ndtv.com
-
6,000-year-old 'halls of the dead' discovered in UK
- Tuesday July 30, 2013
- World News | Press Trust of India
For the first time, remains of two large 6000-year-old halls, each buried within a prehistoric burial mound, have been unearthed in UK.
- www.ndtv.com