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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.
How the Sphinx is helping answer a riddle about extinct crocodiles
Philip Mannion, UCL My colleagues and I discovered a new species of extinct crocodile from a fossil found…
Unlocking the secrets of the ‘Dragon Man’ skull – and what it reveals about human evolution
Mita Stock Images Chris Stringer, UCL; Natural History Museum In September 2018, China Daily ran a story that…
Animal life may be far older than its most ancient fossils – here’s how we uncovered its hidden history
Frame Stock Footage/Shutterstock Ross Anderson, University of Oxford and Orin Lole Durbin, Virginia Tech The question of when…
Florence Buchanan: the pioneering physiologist whose face was lost to history
Damian Bailey, University of South Wales; Brian Clark, Ohio University, and Frances Ashcroft, University of Oxford For more…
Earth’s oldest evidence of life is written in stone – but it’s at risk of disappearing
Heidi Jane Allen, The University of Melbourne Today, our planet is teeming with life, but it has not…
World’s oldest shipwreck discovered off coast of Turkey
Karin Sowada, Macquarie University A shipwreck off the coast of Turkey is the oldest shipwreck in the world,…
‘The Sun was dark and its darkness lasted for 18 months’ – what we can learn from worst volcanic eruptions in history
Europe was plunged into darkness and suffered from intense crop failures and famines in the years AD536 and…
Secret chambers in Tutankhamun’s tomb could hold the burial of a lost Egyptian queen – we may get answers soon
Jay Silverstein, Nottingham Trent University A growing body of research is generating renewed interest in potential hidden spaces…
Palaces and the Pope: the fascinating story of how Renaissance Rome was rebuilt
Alyssa Rusonik, HEC Paris Business School Nearly 31% of Rome’s palaces were built between 1378 and 1599, after…
Early mammals weren’t all loners, as scientists thought – some already lived in pairs alongside the dinosaurs
For 10 years I led a group of volunteers, master’s students, PhD students and researchers who conducted a…