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Extinct camelids reveal insights about North America's ancient savannas
A new study looking at extinct camelids—ancestors of today's camels and llamas—tells the story of North America's ancient savannas and highlights how past climatic and environmental conditions influenced the composition...
Can my fan or air conditioner spread coronavirus? Your COVID-19 questions answered
Here are some of the answers to the questions on COVID-19 you asked us this week.
Archaeologist sinks teeth into understanding cultural identity, interactions in ancient Nile River Valley
Like a fingerprint, teeth are unique to each individual. Dental records are useful in identifying human remains, but what can tooth enamel tell us about an individual – or an...
Who owns the bones? Human fossils shouldn't just belong to whoever digs them up
All humans alive today can claim a common ancestral link to some hominin. Hominins include modern humans, extinct human species, and all our immediate ancestors.
Archaeologist sinks teeth into understanding cultural identity, interactions in ancient Nile River Valley
Like a fingerprint, teeth are unique to each individual. Dental records are useful in identifying human remains, but what can tooth enamel tell us about an individual—or an entire civilization—of...
Archaeologists may have discovered London's earliest playhouse
The elusive remains of what is thought to be the earliest Elizabethan playhouse, known as the Red Lion, were discovered by Archaeology South-East, part of UCL's Institute of Archaeology. The...
Red Lion: Archaeologists 'find London's earliest theatre'
The Red Lion is thought to be the first purpose-built theatre created in the Elizabethan era.
On This Day, June 10: Norway surrenders to Germany in WWII
On June 10, 1940, Norway surrendered to Germany during World War II, with King Haakon and members of the government fleeing to Britain.
UFC president Dana White reveals location, schedule for 'Fight Island'
UFC president Dana White revealed the location and upcoming schedule for his mysterious "Fight Island" on Tuesday.
Study tracks decades of life cycle changes in nonwoody plants
For 25 years, Carol Augspurger visited a patch of ancient woods near Urbana, Illinois to look at the same 25 one-square-meter plots of earth she first demarcated for study in...
Idaho man tied to missing children held after human remains found on property
Police arrested an Idaho "doomsday" author, whose wife is in custody in connection with the disappearance of her two children, after investigators found evidence of human remains on his property.
Entire Roman city revealed without any digging
For the first time, archaeologists have succeeded in mapping a complete Roman city, Falerii Novi in Italy, using advanced ground penetrating radar (GPR), allowing them to reveal astonishing details while...
Radiocarbon dating pins date for construction of Uyghur complex to the year 777
Dating archaeological objects precisely is difficult, even when using techniques such as radiocarbon dating. Using a recently developed method, based on the presence of sudden spikes in carbon-14 concentration, scientists...
Ancient micrometeoroids carried specks of stardust, water to asteroid 4 Vesta
Researchers have studied presolar materials that landed on a planet-like body. Their findings may help solve the mystery: where did all the water on Earth come from?
'Little Britain' removed from BBC, Netflix due to blackface use
Sketch comedy series Little Britain has been removed from BBC's iPlayer service, Netflix and BritBox due to to its use of blackface.
Watch: Illustrator sets Guinness record for largest online art lesson
A children's book illustrator was awarded a Guinness World Record for the largest online art lesson when 45,611 people tuned in to his YouTube live stream.
German prosecutor: Evidence indicates Madeleine McCann died
A German prosecutor investigating the disappearance 13 years ago of toddler Madeleine McCann says there's evidence indicating the girl is dead.
Look: Cow wedged between two trees rescued in Britain
Emergency responders were summoned to a rural area in Britain to assist with the rescue of a cow that became wedged between two trees near its owner's farm.
The coronavirus entered Northern California many times, from many places
The coronavirus arrived in Northern California not only from people who brought it in from other states but from international travelers from many places.
The coronavirus entered Northern California many times, from many places
The coronavirus arrived in Northern California not only from people who brought it in from other states but from international travelers from many places.
6th millennium BC structure discovered in Saudi Arabia
In contrast to the prehistoric remains of the Near East, the megalithic monuments of Arabia remain largely unknown. These monumental structures, made of dry stone walls, still hold many secrets...
Watch live: George Floyd funeral service in Houston, Texas
George Floyd, the man whose death two weeks ago spurred a national civil rights movement unlike any the nation has seen in decades, will be buried in a private funeral...
Radiocarbon dating pins date for construction of Uyghur complex to the year 777
Dating archeological objects precisely is difficult, even when using techniques such as radiocarbon dating. Using a recently developed method based on the presence of sudden spikes in carbon-14 concentration, scientists...
Those COVID-19 masks, gloves and wipes we're all using are polluting land and sea
Suddenly, many Canadians are wearing face masks that are mostly made from plastic fibres that can survive for hundreds of years. A University of British Columbia team is searching for...
Entire Roman city revealed without any digging
For the first time, archeologists have succeeded in mapping a complete Roman city, Falerii Novi in Italy, using advanced ground penetrating radar (GPR), allowing them to reveal astonishing details while...
Nearly 1,000 infected at Chuckawalla Valley State Prison in worst coronavirus outbreak to hit prison system
In three weeks, Chuckawalla Valley State Prison has gone from having zero confirmed cases of COVID-19 to 993, the worst coronavirus outbreak to hit the California prison system to date.
Denver Broncos' Jurrell Casey: Titans threw me away 'like a piece of trash'
Former Tennessee Titans defensive lineman Jurrell Casey felt the organization discarded him "like a piece of trash" when the team traded him to the Denver Broncos earlier this off-season.
Ground-penetrating radar reveals splendor of ancient Roman city
In a glimpse into the future of archeology, researchers have used ground-penetrating radar to map an entire ancient Roman city, detecting remarkable details of buildings still deep underground including a...