Archaeology

"We know from the fossils that it had a mouth full of very pointed and sharp teeth," said Duncan of Museums Victoria.

“Strategies of body transformation and the construction of social identity were already part of the human experience in Europe more than twelve thousand years ago” a researcher said.

Unearthed in Chilean Patagonia, the 74-million-year-old Yeutherium pressor is the smallest known South American mammal from the dinosaur era.

Study by Max Planck Institute and partners detects the late neolithic bronze age plague strain in a 4,000-year-old Arkaim sheep, linking human and animal infections.

DNA tests matched bone fragments to the meteorologist's brother: “After so many years, I can finally say: Dennis has come home.”

Analysis of 3,000-year-old smelting droplets shows copper from Timna and Feinan was alloyed with tin at a mountain site in Samaria, revealing a budding regional trade and technology network.

A paleontologist said the footprints were left by carnivorous dinosaurs similar to Acrocanthosaurus, and are approximately 110 to 115 million years old.

"We expected a modest increase in population estimates from our 2018 lidar analysis, but seeing [this] jump was truly surprising."

"We identified numerous individuals with deformed skulls who were genetically Central Asian, and we even found direct genealogical links to the Avars and Huns" said the lead author.

A cross symbol on the blade hints at a possible connection to the order of the templars, experts say.