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50 Years Ago, Discovery Of This Fossil Changed Understanding Of Evolution
A fossilised skeleton, Australopithecus afarensis, best known by her nickname 'Lucy', was unearthed by researchers 50 years ago this month in the Afar region of Ethiopia.
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Egypt: 11 Sealed Burials With Jewellery And Copper Mirrors Unearthed In Luxor
11 graves contained skeletons of men, women and children which indicated that it was a family grave that may have been used for several generations
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Ancient Tomb Discovery: 2,000-Year-Old Petra Site Unveils 12 Skeletons Beneath Treasury
Archaeologists have unearthed a 2,000-year-old tomb beneath Petra's iconic Treasury, revealing 12 skeletons and a treasure trove of ancient artefacts. The discovery offers new insights into the burial practices of the Nabataean civilisation, dating back to between the mid-first century B.C. and the early second century A.D. Pottery, jewellery, and ...
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Human Skeleton Found In UP House 30 Years After Man Killed By His 2 Sons
A human skeleton was unearthed in a house in Hathras, 30 years after the death of a man who was alleged to have been killed by his two sons.
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Scientists Discover 31,000-Year-Old Skeleton With Amputated Leg: Research
A team of scientists has unearthed a 31,000-year-old human skeleton with a part of its lower left leg surgically amputated.
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Fossils of Herd of 11 Dinosaurs Found in Italy
Researchers have now discovered the biggest and most complete dinosaur skeleton ever found in the country at the site. Fossils of 11 dinosaurs have been unearthed at Villaggio del Pescatore, a former limestone quarry close to the north-eastern port city of Trieste. The skeletons belong to the species Tethyshadros insularis, which lived 80 million y...
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30-Feet Long Dinosaur Skeleton, Said to Belong to a New Species, Found in US
A group of scientists discovered the bones of a dinosaur in the US state of Missouri recently. They claim it's a new species never found before in the country. The skeleton of the juvenile duck-billed dinosaur, called Parrosaurus Missouriensis, is a staggering 25–30 feet long.
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Congress Urges Kerala CPI(M) To Remove Joseph Stalin Photos From Party Offices
The opposition Congress in Kerala on Saturday urged the ruling CPI(M) to remove the photos of Soviet leader Joseph Stalin from their party offices in view of global media reports about the recent unearthing of thousands of skeletons of those who had
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300-Million-Year-Old Godzilla Shark Discovered in New Mexico Gets a New Name
Godzilla Shark, a monster shark whose fossilised skeleton was discovered in New Mexico in 2013, has been named ‘Dracopristis Hoffmanorum’, or ‘Hoffman’s Dragon Shark’, by researchers. The fossils of the 6.7-foot-long shark that lived 300 million years ago were unearthed during a dig at the Manzano Mountains, about 50km from Albuquerque in...
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Did Neanderthals Bury Their Dead With Flowers? Iraq Cave Yields New Clues
A Neanderthal skeleton unearthed in an Iraqi cave already famous for fossils of these extinct cousins of our species is providing fresh evidence that they buried their dead - and intriguing clues that flowers may have been used in such rituals.
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Mysterious Circle Of Intertwined Human Skeletons Unearthed By Mexican Archaeologists
The 2,400-year-old skulls face several directions, the 10 dirt-brown, pre-Aztec skeletons fanned out to the edges resembling the cosmic spiral of the Milky Way. There has been nothing like it found before.
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Scientists Discover India's Oldest Fossil Of A Jurassic Sea Monster
Call it what you wish: fish lizard, sea monster, ichthyosaur. After tens of millions of years, and then 1,500 hours of digging, paleontologists in India have unearthed the strikingly intact skeleton of an ichthyosaur, a marine reptile more than five meters (about 16 feet) long that resembled modern dolphins and whales.
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A 66-Million-Year-Old Skull Could Unlock Secrets About Triceratops
There's more excitement than usual at Marco's Pizza in Thornton, Colorado, since news spread Tuesday that a rare dinosaur fossil was unearthed at a construction site up the street.
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Sacks Containing Human Bones, Remains Found in 3 Uttar Pradesh Districts
Even as Uttar Pradesh police is grappling with the unearthing of over 100 human skeletons in Unnao, reports of similar shocking recoveries today came from Bahraich, Gorakhpur and Moradabad districts of the state.
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Oldest Evidence of Human Brain Damage Found
Anthropologists have unearthed a 100,000-year-old skeleton of a child in Israel who may have died because of a brain injury - the oldest evidence of brain damage in a modern human.
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50 Years Ago, Discovery Of This Fossil Changed Understanding Of Evolution
A fossilised skeleton, Australopithecus afarensis, best known by her nickname 'Lucy', was unearthed by researchers 50 years ago this month in the Afar region of Ethiopia.
-
Egypt: 11 Sealed Burials With Jewellery And Copper Mirrors Unearthed In Luxor
11 graves contained skeletons of men, women and children which indicated that it was a family grave that may have been used for several generations
-
Ancient Tomb Discovery: 2,000-Year-Old Petra Site Unveils 12 Skeletons Beneath Treasury
Archaeologists have unearthed a 2,000-year-old tomb beneath Petra's iconic Treasury, revealing 12 skeletons and a treasure trove of ancient artefacts. The discovery offers new insights into the burial practices of the Nabataean civilisation, dating back to between the mid-first century B.C. and the early second century A.D. Pottery, jewellery, and ...
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Human Skeleton Found In UP House 30 Years After Man Killed By His 2 Sons
A human skeleton was unearthed in a house in Hathras, 30 years after the death of a man who was alleged to have been killed by his two sons.
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Scientists Discover 31,000-Year-Old Skeleton With Amputated Leg: Research
A team of scientists has unearthed a 31,000-year-old human skeleton with a part of its lower left leg surgically amputated.
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Fossils of Herd of 11 Dinosaurs Found in Italy
Researchers have now discovered the biggest and most complete dinosaur skeleton ever found in the country at the site. Fossils of 11 dinosaurs have been unearthed at Villaggio del Pescatore, a former limestone quarry close to the north-eastern port city of Trieste. The skeletons belong to the species Tethyshadros insularis, which lived 80 million y...
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30-Feet Long Dinosaur Skeleton, Said to Belong to a New Species, Found in US
A group of scientists discovered the bones of a dinosaur in the US state of Missouri recently. They claim it's a new species never found before in the country. The skeleton of the juvenile duck-billed dinosaur, called Parrosaurus Missouriensis, is a staggering 25–30 feet long.
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Congress Urges Kerala CPI(M) To Remove Joseph Stalin Photos From Party Offices
The opposition Congress in Kerala on Saturday urged the ruling CPI(M) to remove the photos of Soviet leader Joseph Stalin from their party offices in view of global media reports about the recent unearthing of thousands of skeletons of those who had
-
300-Million-Year-Old Godzilla Shark Discovered in New Mexico Gets a New Name
Godzilla Shark, a monster shark whose fossilised skeleton was discovered in New Mexico in 2013, has been named ‘Dracopristis Hoffmanorum’, or ‘Hoffman’s Dragon Shark’, by researchers. The fossils of the 6.7-foot-long shark that lived 300 million years ago were unearthed during a dig at the Manzano Mountains, about 50km from Albuquerque in...
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Did Neanderthals Bury Their Dead With Flowers? Iraq Cave Yields New Clues
A Neanderthal skeleton unearthed in an Iraqi cave already famous for fossils of these extinct cousins of our species is providing fresh evidence that they buried their dead - and intriguing clues that flowers may have been used in such rituals.
-
Mysterious Circle Of Intertwined Human Skeletons Unearthed By Mexican Archaeologists
The 2,400-year-old skulls face several directions, the 10 dirt-brown, pre-Aztec skeletons fanned out to the edges resembling the cosmic spiral of the Milky Way. There has been nothing like it found before.
-
Scientists Discover India's Oldest Fossil Of A Jurassic Sea Monster
Call it what you wish: fish lizard, sea monster, ichthyosaur. After tens of millions of years, and then 1,500 hours of digging, paleontologists in India have unearthed the strikingly intact skeleton of an ichthyosaur, a marine reptile more than five meters (about 16 feet) long that resembled modern dolphins and whales.
-
A 66-Million-Year-Old Skull Could Unlock Secrets About Triceratops
There's more excitement than usual at Marco's Pizza in Thornton, Colorado, since news spread Tuesday that a rare dinosaur fossil was unearthed at a construction site up the street.
-
Sacks Containing Human Bones, Remains Found in 3 Uttar Pradesh Districts
Even as Uttar Pradesh police is grappling with the unearthing of over 100 human skeletons in Unnao, reports of similar shocking recoveries today came from Bahraich, Gorakhpur and Moradabad districts of the state.
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Oldest Evidence of Human Brain Damage Found
Anthropologists have unearthed a 100,000-year-old skeleton of a child in Israel who may have died because of a brain injury - the oldest evidence of brain damage in a modern human.
