Stand on the secluded sandy beach in Happisburgh and you’ll be looking out across submerged Doggerland, an area that once connected Britain to mainland Europe. Rising sea levels in about 6500 BC reduced it to a series of low-lying islands before flooding the entire region. Fishermen trawling this part of the North Sea – named … Read more
Fascinating map shows how Aboriginal Australians used ‘migration superhighways’ as they travelled south across ancient continent of Sahul First-of-its-kind map has documented intricate routes used by Aboriginal tribes Supercomputer in the US used geological data to calculate most likely routes Researchers said computer worked through more than 125billion possibilities Sources of water and prominent landmarks … Read more
Fascinating map shows how Aboriginal Australians used ‘migration superhighways’ as they travelled south across ancient continent of Sahul First-of-its-kind map has documented intricate routes used by Aboriginal tribes Supercomputer in the US used geological data to calculate most likely routes Researchers said computer worked through more than 125billion possibilities Sources of water and prominent landmarks … Read more
In December 1896, Britain’s Acting Consul-General in the region, James Phillips, embarked on an expedition to depose Oba Ovonramwen, the king of Benin. In his letter to Lord Salisbury, the Foreign Secretary, Phillips wrote: ‘I have reason to hope that sufficient ivory would be found in the King’s house to pay the expenses incurred in removing … Read more
The first remains of an ancient Egyptian mummified pregnant woman has been discovered in Thebes, dating back more than 2,000 years. The corpse was 28 weeks into her pregnancy when she died, scans of the body revealed. Experts from the Polish Academy of Sciences, working as part of the Warsaw Mummy Project aimed at scanning all … Read more
The first remains of an ancient Egyptian mummified pregnant woman has been discovered in Thebes, dating back more than 2,000 years. The corpse was 28 weeks into her pregnancy when she died, scans of the body revealed. Experts from the Polish Academy of Sciences, working as part of the Warsaw Mummy Project aimed at scanning all … Read more
Early in its history Mars may have had a thin layer of icy clouds creating a greenhouse effect that kept conditions warm enough for water to flow, study finds. As seen in images shared by NASA’s Perseverance rover, Mars is a dust covered desert planet with no clear signs of life, but the SUV-sized vehicle … Read more
Humans have been reshaping ecology across most of the Earth for at least 12,000 years, but ancient civilizations did not misuse the land like today’s inhabitants, a new study reveals. A team of international scientists determined for most of history, humans have occupied the same amount of land across the globe and by 10000 BC, … Read more
Humans have been reshaping ecology across most of the Earth for at least 12,000 years, but ancient civilizations did not misuse the land like today’s inhabitants, a new study reveals. A team of international scientists determined for most of history, humans have occupied the same amount of land across the globe and by 10000 BC, … Read more
Our ancient ancestor ‘Little Foot’ was a creature of the trees! New analysis of the hominin’s shoulder reveals she was hanging from branches more than 3 MILLION years ago Little Foot is a skeleton of our ancient ancestor that lived 3.67 million years ago A new analysis of the creature’s shoulder assembly shows it adapted to … Read more