These could be the earliest discovered spindle whorls, technology that was then seemingly lost for 4000 years.
The wheel was likely invented around 6,000 years ago, but a new analysis of curious rocks from Israel suggests that wheel-like technologies existed even earlier.
An asteroid struck Mars 11 million years ago and sent pieces of the red planet hurtling through space. One of these chunks of Mars eventually crashed into the Earth and is one of the few meteorites ...
More evidence that Europe's ancient landscapes were open woodlands: Oak, hazel and yew were abundant
A new study finds that the disturbance-demanding plant species oak, hazel and yew were abundant in Europe's forests before modern humans arrived, strengthening the argument that ancient vegetation was ...
Researchers hope the "exquisitely preserved" fossil will cast new light on an enduring mystery in paleontology.
They propose that these stones, likely used as spindle whorls, represent an early form of rotational technology that could ...
The origin of life, and how to get to that very point, have been as mysterious as they are fascinating. It is one of the greatest questions that humans have att ...
Around 700 million years ago, the Earth cooled so much that scientists believe massive ice sheets encased the entire planet ...
Pikes Peak, originally named Tavá Kaa-vi by the Ute people, lends its ancestral name, Tava, to these notable rocks. They are composed of solidified sand injectites, which formed in a similar manner to ...
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