Our species first appeared in Africa more than 300,000 years ago.
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Buddha statue unearthed in Egypt illuminates ancient trade route
In the ancient Egyptian port city of Berenike, archaeologists have discovered Buddha statue. The recent discovery illuminates Rome and India’s rich trade relationship.
Obsidian handaxes from 1.2 million years ago found in Ethiopia
A ancient “knapping workshop” with 600 obsidian handaxes that date back at least 1.2 million years has been discovered in Ethiopia.
Amazing live fossils called triops from the time of the dinosaurs discovered in Arizona
Adar Leibovitch recently photographed a colony of prehistoric triops, that has survived for hundreds of millions of years.
The oldest known piece of anatomy of our species in Europe
An ancient jawbone previously thought to belong to a Neanderthal may force a rethinking of modern human history in Europe.
7,000 year old Herders’ Camp found on a mountain top in Iran, Gilan Province
The Herders’ Camp was discovered during a survey project in Masouleh’s mountain ranges. The area is one of the highest peaks of the Talesh Mountains, 2,400 meters above sea level, with traces of a late Neolithic settlement.
1.4 million-year-old jawbone discover in Spain, that may be Europe’s earliest known human relative
The fossil was discovered in June in Sima del Elefante (Pit of the Elephant in Spanish), an archeological site in the Atapuerca Mountains close to Burgos in northern Spain that is renowned for its extensive fossil collection.