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We are makers of history, yet we are also molded by it. The line connecting us to our ancestors spans decades, centuries, and millennia; the lessons learned from our progenitors are passed down the generations through timeless stories and discovered remnants of our enigmatic yet beautiful past. Modern Sciences recounts the passage of time, how humanity has shaped it, and how it has shaped humanity.
Is this the world’s oldest image of a mind‑altering plant?
Benjamin Pothier, University of Plymouth Deep in the El Castillo cave in northern Spain, up a side passage…
Ancient forests took 100,000 years to recover from the last global warming period similar to today – Wyoming fossils reveal what happened
Regan E. Dunn, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences Fifty-six million years ago, Earth’s forests reached…
Differences in human and great ape laughter reveal clues to the origin of speech
Chiara De Gregorio, University of Warwick Humans are not the only animals that communicate. Birds sing to attract…
Storms that built a graveyard: ancient monsoons created a spectacular dinosaur fossil site
Alfio Alessandro Chiarenza, UCL Around 80 million years ago, a stretch of tropical coastline in what is now…
Cracking the code: can AI help us decipher ancient languages?
Jane Adkins, Dublin City University Every ancient language that has ever been deciphered needed an anchor. Usually that’s…
Six of history’s most dangerous fashion trends
Naomi Braithwaite, Nottingham Trent University Staying on top of the latest fashion trends can sometimes mean sacrificing your…
New theory on how six‑tonne Stonehenge rock was transported from Scotland thousands of years ago – on a glacier
Remy Veness, Sheffield Hallam University Built from stones weighing between 2 and 25 tonnes, the structure of Stonehenge…
Ancient Egyptian princesses weren’t just figureheads – their weapons reveal lives of skill and strength
Claire Isabella Gilmour, University of Bristol For centuries, the image of the ancient Egyptian princess has been shaped…
Did Neanderthals use rhinoceros teeth as tools?
Alicia Sanz Royo, University of Aberdeen; Camille Daujeard, Muséum national d’histoire naturelle (MNHN), and Juan Marín Hernando, UNED…
Spider fangs are one of their scariest features – new fossils reveal their origins
Mark Williams, University of Leicester; Lorenzo Lustri, Yunnan University; Tom Harvey, University of Leicester, and Yu Liu, University…