Discovery of Ancient Mongolian Saddle Rewrites the History of Horse Riding
In April 2015, an ancient cave burial at Urd Ulaan Uneet, located in the high Altai Mountains of western Mongolia, was plundered by thieves. Upon…
In April 2015, an ancient cave burial at Urd Ulaan Uneet, located in the high Altai Mountains of western Mongolia, was plundered by thieves. Upon…
Recent research challenges the assertions that Homo naledi, an ancient human relative with a smaller brain dating back to 335-241,000 years ago, intentionally buried their…
A global study examining temperature changes in 12 caves across the world indicates that a significant portion of the Earth’s readily available freshwater supplies may…
Researchers from Heidelberg and Karlsruhe use stalagmite for the reconstruction of regional and global climatic history. Tree-ring data, when integrated with information from stalagmites, has…
New study by NHMU utilizes cave data to set standards for understanding modern climate effects on mammal populations. Scientists from the Natural History Museum of…
Recent research indicates that Ice Age cave art, dating back as far as 40,000 years, may have been partially influenced by a visual psychological phenomenon…
Archaeologists have discovered a major Palaeolithic cave art site, arguably the most important found on the Eastern Iberian Coast in Europe. Over a hundred ancient…
Researchers from the Griffith Centre for Social and Cultural Research, in partnership with The Sarawak Museum Department, have become the first to date drawings of…
A recent study published in the journal Geology has employed isotopes of sulfur to identify the origins of the sulfuric acid responsible for creating the…
A cave inside Huntsville’s city was discovered to contain a small, rare crayfish that was previously believed to be extinct. A team led by an…
In watery underground caverns, there are strange creatures that live in an eternal midnight. Over the course of generations, these animals have adapted to their…
Scientists discover evidence for past high-level sea rise at current atmospheric carbon dioxide levels. Mallorcan cave yields 4-million-year-old geologic evidence providing new insights into magnitude…
New dating tests have proven that drawings from the Caves of Nerja, in Málaga, Spain, are the oldest paintings in the world made by humans….