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750-year-old grass shoe discovered in a vulture's nest in SpainBearded vultures in medieval Spain stole various things from humans to feather their nests.
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Corleck Head: A spooky three-faced Celtic sculpture found on the 'Hill of Death' in Ireland — and it may have been connected to human sacrifice 1,900 years agoThe meaning of the three-faced Corleck Head has puzzled experts for centuries.
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Anthropologists make 'ant yogurt' from centuries-old recipe, serve it as an 'ant-wich' at Michelin-star restaurantResearchers have revealed how adding a handful of live ants to warm milk can create yogurt.
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Scientists convert a kidney from blood type A to universal type O and implant it in a brain-dead recipientScientists move one step closer to "universal" donor organs with a successful kidney transplant in a brain-dead patient.
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Divers recover more than 1,000 gold and silver coins from 1715 'Treasure Fleet' shipwreck in FloridaSalvage work on the 1715 shipwrecks brought over 1,000 coins to the surface this summer.
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Jane Goodall, famed primatologist who discovered chimpanzee tool use, dies at 91Dame Jane Goodall, the world's preeminent chimpanzee expert, died of natural causes.
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Vlad the Impaler: The medieval prince who inspired DraculaVlad the Impaler was a medieval prince whose bloodthirsty acts inspired the world's most famous vampire, Bram Stoker's Dracula.
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Eagle brooches: 1,500-year-old pins filled with dazzling gems and glass — and worn by powerful Visigoth womenVisigoth women may have worn eagle-shaped pins as a symbol of power.
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How long does DNA last?The world's oldest DNA comes from a 2.4 million-year-old ecosystem in Greenland. Will scientists eventually sequence even older DNA?
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1 million-year-old skull from China holds clues to the origins of Neanderthals, Denisovans and humansReconstruction of a 1 million-year-old skull shows that early human groups split and diversified quickly.
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Mystery creature found in 'forbidden cloud forest' of Peru is new species of marsupialThe newly described mouse opossum was discovered at a surprisingly high altitude in the Andes.
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Statuette of a Comic Actor: A 2,000-year-old depiction of a Roman actor letting one ripThe ancient Romans had a soft spot for physical comedy (aka fart jokes), as exemplified by a bronze figurine of a comic actor.
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Ötzi quiz: What do you know about the Iceman mummy who was murdered 5,300 years ago in the Alps?Think you know a lot about Ötzi the Iceman? Don't get left in the cold — take our quiz!
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World's oldest mummies were smoke-dried 10,000 years ago in China and Southeast Asia, researchers findThe world's oldest evidence for purposeful human mummification comes from Southeast Asia, where people smoke-dried their ancestors' corpses 10,000 years ago.
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1,900-year-old oil lamp that provided 'light in the journey to the afterlife' found in Roman cemetery in the NetherlandsArchaeologists excavating in a Roman cemetery in the Netherlands have uncovered a unique oil lamp dating to the second century A.D.
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Pawnee Star Chart: A precontact elk-skin map used by Indigenous priests to tell an origin storyThe unique map depicts patterns of stars in the night sky, but its meaning is debated.
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'Extraordinary' Roman helmet from war-ending battle found in the sea off SicilyArchaeologists recovered the "Montefortino"-style helmet in an underwater excavation in the Aegadian Islands off the coast of Sicily.
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Kneeling Bull: A 5,000-year-old hybrid creature from Iran with a mysterious purposeThis silver bull figurine posing in a human-like manner may have been buried in a ritual to mark a temple boundary 5,000 years ago.
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Homo erectus: Facts about the first human lineage to leave AfricaHomo erectus is associated with a number of firsts in its 2 million years of existence, including being the first hominin to travel out of Africa.
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Scientists develop 'glue gun' that 3D prints bone grafts directly onto fracturesResearchers created a special glue gun that can 3D print a bone-like substance for fracture repair during surgery and have tested it in early experiments.
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Skull of bear held captive to fight Roman gladiators discovered near ancient amphitheater in SerbiaArchaeologists determined that the bear had an infected injury and had been held captive for a significant amount of time.
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Iconic winged lion statue in Venice may actually be from China's Tang dynasty, study findsA new study of the trace amounts of lead in Venice's famous winged lion statue suggests that its metal originated in China — and Marco Polo's family may have brought it over.
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1.8 million-year-old human jawbone discovered in Republic of Georgia — and it may be earliest evidence yet of Homo erectusA new fossil find in the Republic of Georgia is expanding our understanding of the earliest humans to leave Africa.
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Haniwa Dancers: 1,500-year-old ghostly figurines thought to hold the souls of the deadTwo cylindrical clay sculptures may represent dancers who performed at a funeral 1,500 years ago.
