Will An Asteroid Hit Your Yard? Charred Plant Remains Analyzed to Validate Asteroid Strike Sites

Medicine & Technology Sep 08, 2022

Analyzing the plants’ charred remains can validate the asteroid strikes’ locations in the distant past, the new study reveals. Read to know more about it.

Early Holocene Cemetery Gives New Insights How Ancient People Dealt With Climate Change

Jan 27, 2022

Radiocarbon dating shows that the prehistoric cemetery in Northern Russia shows how the global cooling event 8,200 years ago caused human stress that led to unusual social systems.

Human Brain's Size Decreased 3,000 Years Ago; Changes Linked to Ant Society

Oct 22, 2021

A new study discovered that the human brain evolved, but decreased its size 3,000 years ago. The reason to why modern day brains are smaller could be found in the development of ans societies.

Long-Term Greenhouse Gas Affects Retreating Glaciers Since Mid-Holocene Epoch

Oct 21, 2021

A new study confirmed that greenhouse gasses, in particular carbon dioxide, played a role to the retreat of Aotearoa's glaciers near Tititea–Mt Aspiring in the past 5,000 years.

Scientists Designate 1610 As the Beginning of a New Human Epoch

Mar 13, 2015

When did humans rise to become the dominant species on the planet? It might not be as long ago as you might think. Scientists now believe that humans didn't truly rise to become the dominant species on the planet with the ability to drastically impact the planet until 1610.