06/26/2024
M Mark Milligan
Preserved remains of a Pleistocene wolf found frozen in Siberia’s permafrost
04/01/2024
M Mark Milligan
Greenland’s Paradise Valley
The Qinngua Valley, also known as Paradisdalen (meaning “paradise valley”) is a unique biome in southern Greenland and contains the island’s only natural forest zone.
01/27/2024
M Mark Milligan
Ancient tsunami wiped out prehistoric communities in Northern England
A study by the University of York has revealed that a tsunami wiped out prehistoric communities living in Northumberland, England, causing wide-scale depopulation across the region.
01/18/2024
M Mark Milligan
Travels of a 14,000-year-old woolly mammoth tied to earliest Alaska hunting camps
Scientists have established a connection between the travels of a 14,000-year-old woolly mammoth and the oldest known human settlements in Alaska.
12/08/2023
M Mark Milligan
Baboons in Ancient Egypt were raised in captivity before being mummified
In a new study published in the open-access journal PLOS ONE, researchers examined a collection of baboon mummies from the ancient Egyptian site of Gabbanat el-Qurud, the so-called Valley of the Monkeys on the west bank of Luxor.
11/09/2023
M Mark Milligan
HEAD LICE EVOLUTION MIRRORS HUMAN MIGRATION AND COLONISATION IN THE AMERICAS
A recent analysis of lice's genetic diversity suggests that these parasites arrived in the Americas on two distinct occasions: first during the initial human migration across the Bering Strait, and later with the advent of European colonisation.
10/25/2023
M Mark Milligan
NEW INSIGHTS INTO MUMMIFIED MICE ON ANDEAN VOLCANOES
A study of mummified mice found at Inca ritual sites on Andean volcanoes has revealed new insights into how the mice reached the summits.
10/17/2023
M Mark Milligan
SEAWEED HAS BEEN A SUPERFOOD SINCE PREHISTORIC TIMES
Seaweed is often regarded as a superfood, celebrated for its health advantages and sustainability. There are approximately 10,000 different species of seaweeds in the world, however only 145 species are eaten today.
04/06/2023
M Mark Milligan
FIRST EVIDENCE OF SABERTOOTHED CAT INHABITING THE STATE OF IOWA
The discovery of a sabertoothed cat skull in southwest Iowa, United States, is the first evidence of the prehistoric predator roaming the state at the end of the Ice Age between 13,605 and 13,460 years ago.
04/02/2023
M Mark Milligan
PERMAFROST PRESERVATION REVEALS EVIDENCE FOR EARLY YAK MILK CONSUMPTION
According to a study by the University of Michigan, the elites of the Mongol Empire first consumed yaks’ milk during the 13th century based on proteomic evidence.
03/31/2023
M Mark Milligan
HIDDEN HISTORY OF HORSES IN THE AMERICAN WEST
In a recent study published in the journal Science, a team of international researchers, including scientists from the University of Colorado Boulder, have conducted a comprehensive investigation into the history of early horses in North America.
03/16/2023
M Mark Milligan
STUDY AT CHERNOBYL GIVES NEW INSIGHTS INTO SURVIVING IN CONTAMINATED ENVIRONMENTS
A new study of dogs living in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone has revealed new insights into living in contaminated environments.
03/04/2023
M Mark Milligan
SUBMERGED PREHISTORIC SITE DISCOVERED WITH REMAINS OF EXTINCT SPECIES
Archaeologists from the University of Chile and the Millennium Nucleus Ocean Heritage and Culture (OHC), have discovered a submerged prehistoric site with remains of an extinct species.
11/11/2022
M Mark Milligan
NEW RESEARCH PROJECT STUDIES ANCIENT FELINE MIGRATION INTO EUROPE
A new international project studying the origin and history of cats is investigating evidence of an ancient feline migration into Europe.
10/08/2022
M Mark Milligan
LOSS OF GENES HAS IMPLICATIONS IN RESURRECTING MAMMOTHS
A new study shows that 87 genes have been affected by deletions or short insertions during the course of the mammoth’s evolution.
08/13/2022
M Mark Milligan
Antarctica – the Lost World
Antarctica is situated almost entirely south of the Antarctic Circle and covers an area of 14.2 million km2.
06/12/2022
M Mark Milligan
50,000-YEAR-OLD STONE TOOLS WERE MADE BY MONKEYS
50,000-year-old stone tools found in Pedra Furada, located in the state of Piauí in north-eastern Brazil were made by monkeys.
06/06/2022
M Mark Milligan
ICE AGE WOLF DNA REVEALS DOGS TRACE ANCESTRY TO TWO SEPARATE WOLF POPULATIONS
An international group of geneticists and archaeologists have found that the ancestry of dogs can be traced to at least two populations of ancient wolves.
05/10/2022
M Mark Milligan
1 MILLION-YEAR-OLD MARINE DNA FOUND IN ANTARCTIC SEDIMENT
An International study led by the University of Tasmania has discovered the oldest marine DNA in deep-sea sediments of the Scotia Sea north of the Antarctic continent.