Neanderthal inventions

How scientific and technological advancements have expanded the possibilities of human creativity

In short, yes: the Victorians did indeed think eating mummified remains pilfered from ancient Egyptian tombs was a good idea, although they did not come up with the idea themselves. The morbid practic

Carthage burned for six days. After three long years of siege, in the spring of 146 BC Roman soldiers finally broke through the city’s defences and began to slaughter the population. But still the Car

A fossilised jawbone found by a University of Portsmouth student is from a newly identified species of prehistoric mammal. Undergraduate Benjamin Weston, 22, unearthed the fossil during a field trip t

Not only has Earth been around for billions of years, it’s been keeping a log of its journey across time

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