Tag: history

December 18, 2024 at 9:48 am

Fossils Show The Smallest Reptile Family Member Could Have Been The First Flying Vertebrate With Bat-Like Wings

Source: Wikimedia Commons

These tiny flying reptiles sound almost cute.

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December 17, 2024 at 9:49 am

Ancient Neanderthals Were Finding And Collecting Fossils, Indicating Cognitive Creativity Not Previously Thought Possible

Source: Shutterstock

Our ancestors have been collecting things longer than previously believed.

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December 13, 2024 at 3:49 pm

New Study Says That A Tattered Piece Of Cloth Found In 1977 Is Actually The Royal Robe Of Alexander The Great

Source: Shutterstock

It would be amazing to see these ancient robes.

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December 9, 2024 at 11:21 am

Anglican Rules Made Catholic Convicts Attend Protestant Sermons, So Catholics Crafted A Clever Way To Comply While Still Honoring Their Faith

Source: Canva/DiegoCervo, Reddit/MaliciousCompliance

Nothing says divine inspiration like a little righteous defiance.

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December 5, 2024 at 3:49 pm

Researchers Determine That Ancient Ochre Mine Is The Oldest Known Mine In The World, Last In Use About 48,000 Years Ago

Source: Brandi L. MacDonald

Mining has been an important part of our culture for millennia. 

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November 17, 2024 at 12:49 pm

Before Man Was On The Moon, There Was Water. Before That There Were Volcanoes.

Source: Pexels/Bruno Scramgnon

The study has cleared one thing up: the moon is definitely not made of cheese.

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November 7, 2024 at 3:21 pm

Elderly Woman Had No Clue Her Door Stop Was Actually A 34 Million-Year-Old Piece Of Amber Worth $1.1 Million

Elderly Woman Had No Clue Her Door Stop Was Actually A 34 Million-Year-Old Piece Of Amber Worth $1.1 Million

A lucky find for the owners.

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October 30, 2024 at 8:49 am

After Being Fired For No Reason By His Boss He Went Back To School, And Then Dedicated His Doctoral Thesis To That Same Boss To Prove A Valuable Point

Source: Reddit/Pettyrevenge/Pexels/ Tima Miroshnichenko

But seriously he should probably let it go.

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October 25, 2024 at 9:22 am

This Worm Is 520 Million Years Old, But Still Has An Intact Gut And Brain

Source: Smith et al., Nature, 2024

“Developmental data are just so central to understanding their evolution.”

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October 18, 2024 at 9:22 pm

Criminal Biological Parents Wanted To Be Around Their Kids, But The Foster Parents Knew How Bad They Were. So They Made Sure The Bad Parents Would Never Get Close.

Source: Reddit/Pro Revenge/pexels/Kindel Media

Those babies definitely deserved better.

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