Fossils Archive

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Leopards In Italy? Oh My! New Findings Show That The Landscape Of Italy Was Once A Very Different Place

AncientPages.com | March 20, 2017

Thalia Lightbringer - AncientPages.com - Evidence has come forth from the Po Valley, San Daniele region of Italy that in the time of the Neanderthals, the region had something

Virtual reconstructions of the Xuchang 1 and 2 human crania, superimposed on the archeological site where they were discovered. Image credit: Xiujie Wu.

Archaeology

Partial Skull Fossils Found In China Could Be A New Species -‘A Kind Of Unknown Or New Archaic Human’, Researcher Says

AncientPages.com | March 6, 2017

AncientPages.com - Two partial archaic human skulls, from the Lingjing site, Xuchang, central China, provide a new window into the biology and populations patterns of the immediate predecessors of

Fossils

Mysterious Ancient Tully Monster Is So Weird It Cannot Be Classified

AncientPages.com | February 22, 2017

Eddie Gonzales Jr. – AncientPages.com - The ancient Tully Monster is a decades-old paleontological mystery scientists still cannot solve. The ancient animal is so weird it simply doesn't

Archaeology

Spectacular Olduvai Gorge And Early Hominid Fossils Found In East Africa

AncientPages.com | November 26, 2016

AncientPages.com - The Olduvai Gorge is a steep-sided ravine in the Great Rift Valley that stretches through East Africa. It is located in the eastern Serengeti Plains in

Representational Image (Cambridge Univeristy - Image credit)

Archaeology

4,500-Year-Old Skeletons Found In SW China

AncientPages.com | April 19, 2016

AncientPages.com - Well-preserved human skeletons estimated to be about 4,500-years-old have been unearthed from a graveyard in southwest China's Sichuan Province, according to the archaeological team working in the

Skeletons were taken apart and the bones buried in different locations (photo: University of Copenhagen)

Archaeology

Unusual Burial Ceremony: Bones Of The Dead Were Sorted And Categorized Before Burial

AncientPages.com | January 24, 2016

AncientPages.com - The dead were not buried until they had decomposed to skeletal remains. The skeletons were then dismantled and bones of similar types were buried together, say Danish

Archaeology

Andes Mountains’ Intriguing Elevation History: Turtles And Snakes Once Thrived There

AncientPages.com | January 5, 2016

AncientPages.com - Researchers have identified fossilized shell pieces of an aquatic turtle and the fossil remains of a nearly five feet long tortoise of the genus Chelonoidis, found near Quebrada

Archaeology

Sobek: A 2,500-Year-Old Mummified Nile Crocodile – On Display At The British Museum

AncientPages.com | December 9, 2015

AncientPages.com - Sobek was a 2,500-year old crocodile worshipped in life by the ancient Egyptians and mummified with all due reverence after death. The ancient Egyptians worshipped this

Archaeology

Rare Fossil Of A Dog-Sized Horned Dinosaur From ‘Lost Continent’ Identified By British Scientist

AncientPages.com | December 5, 2015

AncientPages.com - A rare fossil of a dog-sized horned dinosaur has been identified by a scientist at Britain's University of Bath. The animal originated from eastern North America also known as

Fossilized peach pits discovered in China dating back more than 2.5 million years are identical to pits found in modern varieties of the fruit. The discovery indicates peaches evolved through natural selection, long before humans arrived and domesticated the fruit.Image: Tao Su / Xishuangbanna Tropical Garden

Archaeology

2.5 Million-Year-Old Fossil Peaches Discovered In China

AncientPages.com | December 2, 2015

AncientPages.com - Eight well-preserved fossilized peach endocarps, or pits, dating back more than two and a half million years, have been found by scientists in southwest China. Despite their age,

Archaeology

Fascinating Gigantic Creatures Today Totally Extinct 13,000 Years Ago Co-Existed With Early Americans

AncientPages.com | May 8, 2012

AncientPages.com - The Ice Age world was, geologically, just a moment ago. Fascinating but today extinct giant animals, like mammoths, mastodons and giant ground sloths, coexisted with early Americans