Greek police arrested two men suspected of unearthing a sixth-century B.C. bronze helmet illegally.

Researchers from the University of Michigan are examining a piece of wood recovered from the bottom of Lake Huron. They suspect that the pole may be 8,900 years old and that it was used as either a tent pole or to hang meat.

In Japan, archaeologists have discovered luxury eating utensils and two large buildings with pillars. This site could represent the lodgings offered to foreign envoys from China and Korea during the eighth and ninth centuries.

At California’s Sugarloaf Ridge State Park, archaeologists are excavating a Depression-era summer camp. “The kids probably didn’t have much, but had laughter and song. It is what was happening here,” said archaeologist Breck Parkman.

It has long been thought that our hairy ancestors may have started walking upright in order to cool off. A new study suggests that hominins would have been at risk for heat stroke  on the African savanna whether they were upright or not.

The complex relationship between snakes and humans may indicate that the two species applied evolutionary pressures on each other.

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