Marine ecologist Claudio Richter and others have identified a rare species of giant clam that was once the dominant variety. Did early hunter-gatherers cause the decline, and did they migrate out of Africa to search for more clams? Alain Beauvilain of the University of Paris at Nanterre discovered the fossilized bones of Sahelanthropus tchadensis, aka […]

Excavations at a temple at the Macedonian site of Vergina revealed two copper vessels, one within the other. The inner vessel held human bones and a golden oak wreath.   This article from Bloomberg doesn’t have a photograph of the artifacts, but it is easier to read. The head from a Buddha statue and a Greek […]