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Callao Cave on Luzon Island, in the Philippines, where the fossils of newly identified hominin species Homo luzonensis were discovered Thirteen fossil bones and teeth excavated in a cave in…

Former Second Republic President Shehu Usman Aliyu Shagari died yesterday, 28 December, aged 93. He was taken to the hospital on Christmas Day and placed on admission. Alhaji Shagari died…

Professor Jon Adams of The Black Sea Maritime Archaeology project holding a 3D model of a Greek shipwreck from 400BC, officially the World’s oldest intact shipwreck, at the Wellcome Collection,…

Two newly discovered early amphibians Tutusius and Umzantsia that lived about 360 million years ago during the Devonian Period whose partial remains were unearthed at the Waterloo Farm site in…

An infrared image of the male mummy known as ‘Gebelein Man’ can be seen in this photograph issued by The British Museum in London, Britain Researchers have discovered the oldest…

The oldest known message in a bottle was found on an Australian beach 132 years after being thrown from a German ship in the Indian Ocean as part of an…

Remains of a mask in the Sac Actun underwater cave in Mexico’s Quintana Roo state Archaeologists exploring the word’s biggest flooded cave in Mexico have discovered ancient human remains at…

A partial jawbone bearing seven teeth unearthed in a cave in Israel represents what scientists are calling the oldest-known Homo sapiens remains outside Africa A partial jawbone bearing seven teeth…

Scientists using an imaging method based on cosmic rays have detected a large and enigmatic internal structure in the last of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World still standing,…

The world’s oldest person Violet Brown has died in Jamaica at the age of 117 years and 189 days old. Jamaica’s Prime Minister Andrew Holness has expressed his condolences in…