LEICESTER, England – On Monday, scientists announced they had rescued the remains of King Richard III — and now they’ve…
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Lost kings: DNA fails to solve history mysteries
A skeleton buried under a parking lot. A grotesque mummy head. A gourd encrusted with mysterious blood. These three disturbing…
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CAIRO – Cairo, the Arab world’s most populated city, is often referred to as an open-air museum of Islamic antiquities…
Read MoreFeathered dino may be world’s first bird
The skeleton of a Jurassic dinosaur from China could also be the oldest known bird, scientists report. The fossil of…
Read MoreRare whale fossil pulled from California backyard by sheriff’s search-and-rescue team
A search-and-rescue team pulled a rare half-ton whale fossil from a Southern California backyard Friday, a feat that the team…
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Fox-sized relative of Triceratops discovered in Venezuela
The fossil of a new two-legged, fox-sized dinosaur relative of both Stegosaurus and Triceratops, which dates back about 200 million…
Read MoreGiant sphinx from ‘Ten Commandments’ film unearthed 91 years later
Hidden for more than 90 years beneath the rolling sand dunes of Guadalupe, California, an enormous, plaster sphinx from the…
Read MoreGiant armored dinosaurs breathed through ‘Krazy Straw’ airways
Carrying around an exoskeleton of bony armor is hard work. But armored ankylosaurs figured out a way to shoulder the…
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The REAL caveman diet: Research shows ancient man mainly ate tiger nuts
So much for Fred Flintstone’s brontosaurus ribs. The popular caveman diet claims people will feel more powerful and healthier if…
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