Humans did not cause woolly mammoths to go extinct, climate change did According to a statement released by the University of Cambridge, humans did not cause the extinction of the woolly mammoths, even though they are known to have hunted mammoths for food and used the skeletons and hides for shelter, weapons, and artwork. For five … Continue reading Humans did not cause woolly mammoths to go extinct, climate change did →

Primordial “Hyper-Eye” Discovered: Astonishing 390 Million-Year-Old Hyper-Compound Eye With 200 Lenses A fossilized trilobite first studied by an amateur palaeontologist half a century ago has provided researchers with a whole new way of seeing the world, in a very literal sense. X-rays taken of the ancient arthropod back in the early 1970s have been given … Continue reading Primordial “Hyper-Eye” Discovered: Astonishing 390 Million-Year-Old Hyper-Compound Eye With 200 Lenses →

What if We Aren’t the First Advanced Civilization on Earth? Earth scientists at the turn of the century, Gavin Schmidt among them, were enthralled by a 56-million-year-old segment of geologic history known as the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM). What most intrigued them was its resemblance to our own time: Carbon levels spiked, temperatures soared, ecosystems … Continue reading What if We Aren’t the First Advanced Civilization on Earth? →

Evidence of advanced Civilizations living on earth more than 100,000 years ago It only took five minutes for Gavin Schmidt to out-speculate me. Schmidt is the director of NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies (a.k.a. GISS), a world-class climate science facility. One day last year, I came to GISS with a far-out proposal. In my work … Continue reading Evidence of advanced Civilizations living on earth more than 100,000 years ago →

Have any human societies ever lived underground? From ancient catacombs to modern subways, humans have always travelled underground for short periods of time. But has the entire society of people ever lived underground? Yes. However, historically only in emergencies and when there are no other options. But in the last few decades, it has begun … Continue reading Have any human societies ever lived underground? →

In regards to a possible threat to Earth, ancient cuneiform tablets prove historically accurate Some 3,000 years ago, astrologers working for the king of the Assyrian empire kept a close eye on the skies, and what they found and recorded on cuneiform tablets can give us incredibly valuable insights into things such as solar flares and other … Continue reading In regards to a possible threat to Earth, ancient cuneiform tablets prove historically accurate →

An Advanced Civilization Could Have Ruled Earth Millions of Years Ago, Says the Silurian Hypothesis Have you ever wondered if a different animal would evolve to have human-level intelligence, long after humans have passed away from this planet? We don’t know about you, but we always like to imagine raccoons in that role. Maybe 70 … Continue reading An Advanced Civilization Could Have Ruled Earth Millions of Years Ago, Says the Silurian Hypothesis →

Doggerland: Lost ‘Atlantis’ of the North Sea gives up its ancient secrets | Neanderthals The idea of a “lost Atlantis” under the North Sea connecting Britain by land to continental Europe had been imagined by HG Wells in the late 19th century, with evidence of human inhabitation of the forgotten world following in 1931 when … Continue reading Doggerland: Lost ‘Atlantis’ of the North Sea gives up its ancient secrets | Neanderthals →

Ljubljana Marshes Wheel: The Oldest Known Wheel in the World According to history books, the wheel was ‘invented’ in ancient Mesopotamia, around 3500 BCE and possibly as early as 4000 BCE. However, the oldest and largest wheel on Earth was discovered in 2002 in Slovenia. The wheel dates back around 5,300 years, but could possibly be even … Continue reading Ljubljana Marshes Wheel: The Oldest Known Wheel in the World →