See the world’s oldest fossilized ‘butthole’ imprint
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World’s oldest cold virus found in 18th-century woman’s lungs
Historic anatomical preparations from the late 1700s in the Hunterian Anatomy MuseumAnatomy Museum © The…
Stick shaped by ancient humans is the oldest known wooden tool
Artist’s reconstruction of a Palaeolithic woman making a digging stick from an alder tree trunkG.…
Flames, Bone, and Memory: Africa’s Oldest Cremation Revealed
Thirty kilograms of deadwood and grass. Temperatures exceeding 500 degrees Celsius. Hours of communal labor…
The James Webb Space Telescope just found the oldest supernova ever seen
The light of the oldest supernova ever seen, dating back 13 billion years to just…
The surprising longevity lessons from the world’s oldest animal
DGDImages / Alamy Stock Photo I was wondering, as I began working on this story,…
Oldest ever RNA sample recovered from woolly mammoth
The skin and muscle of Yuka’s front left leg are exceptionally well preservedLove Dalen A…
Ancient silver goblet preserves oldest known image of cosmic creation
The ˁAin Samiya silver gobletThe Israel Museum, Jerusalem/Ardon Bar Hama The artwork on a 4300-year-old…
Our universe’s oldest galaxies were hot messes
The universe's first galaxies were hot messes, according to a recent study. During their younger…
Dome-headed dinosaur from Mongolia is the oldest ever found
Artist’s reconstruction of the pachycephalosaur Zavacephale rinpocheMasaya Hattori A dome-headed dinosaur found in Mongolia had…