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How to Fake a Fossil: Palaeontologists Reveal the Surprisingly Simple Method
The toolkit for faking a fossil overlaps almost entirely with legitimate preparation techniques, and palaeontologists who study fraud say the most dangerous fakes are composites of real bones — meaning chemical tests pass while the joins go undetected.
Ancient Egyptian Princesses Were Trained Archers — Their Bones Prove It
New bioarchaeological research on royal mummies from the Dahshur necropolis shows that ancient Egyptian princesses, including Princess Ita, developed skeletal signatures consistent with habitual bow training — and functional weapons buried alongside them reinforce the finding.
Ancient Amazon Civilization May Have Held 3 Million People, LiDAR Reveals
Airborne laser scanning is dismantling the long-held idea that the Amazon was too poor to sustain large societies, uncovering planned cities and engineered landscapes that may have supported millions before European contact.
A T. rex Sprint Would Have Shattered Its Own Legs, Science Shows
A 2017 biomechanical study found that a T. rex running at blockbuster speeds would have shattered its own leg bones — one of many ways cinema has hardwired a false picture of how dinosaurs actually moved.
Ancient Greek Elites Wore Meteorite Rings as Status Symbols 3,000 Years Ago
At least ten finger rings from elite Minoan and Mycenaean tombs have been identified as forged from meteoritic iron, suggesting ancient Greek ruling classes deliberately reserved space metal for personal adornment as a marker of power.
236-Million-Year-Old Fossil Pushes Live Birth Back 90 Million Years
A 236-million-year-old cynodont fossil, Chiniquodon theotonicus, shows bone-growth patterns suggesting live birth — a finding that could push the known origin of viviparity in the mammalian lineage back by 90 million years.Load More
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November 2, 2026
November 2, 2026
