CNN20d
Fossil of oldest known modern bird discovered in Antarctica
A near complete skull fossil found in Antarctica has revealed the oldest known modern bird — a mallard duck-size creature related to the waterfowl that live by lakes and oceans today ...
Greek Reporter25d
Do Humans Originate from Africa? Skull Found in Cave in Greece Challenges Theory
The human skull found in the Petralona Cave in Northern Greece challenges the Out of Africa theory of the origin of Homo sapiens. Credit: Nadina CC BY-SA 3.0 / Wikipedia commons The prehistoric human ...
The Conversation28d
St. Thomas Aquinas’ skull just went on tour − here’s what the medieval saint himself would have said about its veneration
Yet venerating relics remains far from a “relic” of the past. At the end of 2024, the skull of St. Thomas Aquinas – the great Dominican medieval thinker whose writings I study – made its ...
Houston Chronicle29d
Skull of massive Columbian mammoth is unearthed in Texas
The ancient skull will soon be the centerpiece of a planned ice age exhibit that will feature fossils found across Texas, including those from horses, camels, sloths, and the short-faced bear ...