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Category: Archaeology & Paleontology

8 Fossil Discoveries That Changed Our Understanding of History

8 Fossil Discoveries That Changed Our Understanding of History

Editors of ScienceNewsTodayFebruary 23, 2026February 23, 2026

History is often imagined as something written in ink—on parchment, in chronicles, carved into stone. But the deeper history of…

How Did the Dinosaurs Actually Die?

How Did the Dinosaurs Actually Die?

Editors of ScienceNewsTodayFebruary 23, 2026February 23, 2026

Sixty-six million years ago, the Earth was alive with giants. Vast floodplains trembled under the footsteps of towering herbivores. Predators…

6 Ice Age Giants That Lived Alongside Humans

6 Ice Age Giants That Lived Alongside Humans

Editors of ScienceNewsTodayFebruary 23, 2026February 23, 2026

There was a time, not so long ago in geological terms, when humans did not stand alone at the top…

9 Prehistoric Insects That Were Terrifyingly Large

9 Prehistoric Insects That Were Terrifyingly Large

Editors of ScienceNewsTodayFebruary 23, 2026February 23, 2026

Long before human footsteps pressed into soil, before dinosaurs thundered across plains, and even before flowering plants colored the land,…

12 Surprising Facts About the Woolly Mammoth

12 Surprising Facts About the Woolly Mammoth

Editors of ScienceNewsTodayFebruary 23, 2026February 23, 2026

There is something haunting about the woolly mammoth. When we imagine it, we see a towering, shaggy giant moving slowly…

7 Deadly Predators That Ruled the Oceans Before Sharks

7 Deadly Predators That Ruled the Oceans Before Sharks

Editors of ScienceNewsTodayFebruary 23, 2026February 23, 2026

Long before the sleek silhouette of a great white shark sliced through blue water, before the word “shark” carried its…

10 Common Myths About Dinosaurs (Debunked!)

10 Common Myths About Dinosaurs (Debunked!)

Editors of ScienceNewsTodayFebruary 23, 2026February 23, 2026

Few subjects ignite the human imagination quite like dinosaurs. They thunder through our movies, fill the pages of children’s books,…

The 5 Most Complete Dinosaur Fossils Ever Found

The 5 Most Complete Dinosaur Fossils Ever Found

Editors of ScienceNewsTodayFebruary 23, 2026February 23, 2026

For more than two centuries, dinosaurs have haunted human imagination. They rise from fragments: a tooth weathered out of rock,…

8 Bizarre Prehistoric Creatures That Look Like Aliens

8 Bizarre Prehistoric Creatures That Look Like Aliens

Editors of ScienceNewsTodayFebruary 23, 2026February 23, 2026

Long before humans walked upright, long before mammals ruled forests or birds traced arcs across the sky, Earth experimented with…

The 10 Most Massive Dinosaurs to Ever Walk the Earth

The 10 Most Massive Dinosaurs to Ever Walk the Earth

Editors of ScienceNewsTodayFebruary 23, 2026February 23, 2026

Long before humans walked upright, long before mammals ruled land, and long before the continents took their modern shapes, Earth…

10 Dinosaurs That Were Even Bigger Than T-Rex

10 Dinosaurs That Were Even Bigger Than T-Rex

Editors of ScienceNewsTodayFebruary 23, 2026February 23, 2026

For more than a century, Tyrannosaurus rex has dominated the public imagination as the ultimate giant of the dinosaur world.…

The 7 Most Terrifying Curses in Archaeological History

The 7 Most Terrifying Curses in Archaeological History

Editors of ScienceNewsTodayFebruary 23, 2026February 23, 2026

Across cultures and centuries, humanity has shared a powerful instinct: the past should be treated with reverence. Burial grounds are…

5 Ancient Structures That Defy Modern Engineering

5 Ancient Structures That Defy Modern Engineering

Editors of ScienceNewsTodayFebruary 23, 2026February 23, 2026

Human beings often imagine technological progress as a steady upward climb. Each century appears to refine the tools, materials, and…

The Mystery of the Moai: 8 Facts About Easter Island

The Mystery of the Moai: 8 Facts About Easter Island

Editors of ScienceNewsTodayFebruary 23, 2026February 23, 2026

Far out in the vastness of the southeastern Pacific lies one of the most isolated inhabited places on Earth. Here,…

10 Greatest Archeological Discoveries Ever

10 Greatest Archeological Discoveries Ever

Editors of ScienceNewsTodayFebruary 23, 2026

Archaeology is more than the study of old stones and broken pottery. It is the science of human memory. It…

The Secrets of Göbekli Tepe: 10 Things We Know So Far

The Secrets of Göbekli Tepe: 10 Things We Know So Far

Editors of ScienceNewsTodayFebruary 23, 2026February 23, 2026

In the dry hills of southeastern Turkey, under a sky that has watched over shepherds and empires alike, rises a…

6 Mysterious Underground Cities

6 Mysterious Underground Cities

Editors of ScienceNewsTodayFebruary 23, 2026February 23, 2026

Human history is usually told in terms of towering pyramids, sky-piercing cathedrals, and glittering cities that rise above the earth.…

9 Ancient Sites That Align Perfectly with the Stars

9 Ancient Sites That Align Perfectly with the Stars

Editors of ScienceNewsTodayFebruary 23, 2026February 23, 2026

Long before telescopes pierced the darkness and satellites circled the globe, human beings looked up. The night sky was not…

10 Bizarre Facts About the Nazca Lines

10 Bizarre Facts About the Nazca Lines

Editors of ScienceNewsTodayFebruary 23, 2026February 23, 2026

In the arid coastal plains of southern Peru, where the wind whispers across a sunburned landscape and rain almost never…

5 Clues to the Real Location of Atlantis

5 Clues to the Real Location of Atlantis

Editors of ScienceNewsTodayFebruary 23, 2026February 23, 2026

Few lost worlds have captured the human imagination as powerfully as Atlantis. For more than two thousand years, explorers, scholars,…

8 Lost Civilizations That Vanished Without a Trace

8 Lost Civilizations That Vanished Without a Trace

Editors of ScienceNewsTodayFebruary 23, 2026February 23, 2026

History is often imagined as a steady march forward, a continuous thread linking ancient ancestors to our present moment. But…

The World’s 12 Most Mysterious Megalithic Structures

The World’s 12 Most Mysterious Megalithic Structures

Editors of ScienceNewsTodayFebruary 23, 2026February 23, 2026

Long before skyscrapers pierced the clouds and steel bridges stitched continents together, human beings were already moving mountains. With stone…

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