Remains of ‘lost medieval village’ found next to the Scottish motorway The Scotsman reports that traces of four buildings dating from the fourteenth to the seventeenth centuries were uncovered during roadwork in southern Scotland at Netherton Cross near Bothwell, North Lanarkshire, next to the hard shoulder of the M74. Pottery – including sherds of cooking … Continue reading Remains of ‘lost medieval village’ found next to the Scottish motorway →

Oldest Ever Fly With Stomach Full Of Food Found After 47 Million Years When scientists investigated a 47-million-year-old fossilized fly found at the Messel Pit fossil site in Germany, they noticed it looked a bit chonky. So they took a closer look at its “bulging abdomen” and discovered it was stuffed with pollen from different … Continue reading Oldest Ever Fly With Stomach Full Of Food Found After 47 Million Years →

European Woman’s 35,000-Year-Old Genome Sequenced According to a statement released by Uppsala University, a team of researchers led by Mattias Jakobsson has sequenced the genome of a woman whose 35,000-year-old skull was discovered in southern Romania’s Peștera Muierri cave system in the 1950s. For the first time, researchers have successfully sequenced the entire genome from … Continue reading European Woman’s 35,000-Year-Old Genome Sequenced →

6,000-year-old baby found cradled in mother’s arm A 6,000-year-old baby with its teeth still intact and resting in the arms of a woman, believed to be its mother, has been found in a grave in the Netherlands. Archaeologists said it was the oldest baby grave ever found in the Netherlands. The grave, uncovered at a … Continue reading 6,000-year-old baby found cradled in mother’s arm →