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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.
Who owned this Stone Age jewellery? New forensic tools offer an unprecedented answer
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology Michelle Langley, Griffith University An international team of researchers has recovered DNA…
Enigmatic human fossil jawbone may be evidence of an early Homo sapiens presence in Europe – and adds mystery about who those humans were
Close examination of digital and 3D-printed models suggested the fossil needs to be reclassified. Brian A. Keeling Brian…
How we discovered the true origins of a pint of lager – new research
Researchers have uncovered the likely genesis of the yeast used to make lager. DavidedeAngelini / Shutterstock John Morrissey,…
Rickets Changed How We Understood Medicine. Here’s How.
Few diseases claim to have left their mark on medicine the same way rickets does. A severe vitamin…
Study Finds Dairy Played Key Role In Early Human Diets on Tibetan Plateau
A new study published in the journal Science Advances reveals that dairy played a significant role in the…
We used DNA from Beethoven’s hair to shed light on his poor health – and stumbled upon a family secret
Kevin Brown, Author provided Robert Attenborough, Australian National University Many astonishingly creative people have lived lives cut tragically…
A shortage of native seeds is slowing land restoration across the US, which is crucial for tackling climate change and extinctions
Planting native plant seeds on sand dunes at Westward Beach in Malibu, Calif., to stabilize the dunes. Al…
A ‘recently discovered’ whale feeding strategy has turned up in 2,000-year-old texts about fearsome sea monsters
A Bryde’s whale. worldclassphoto/Shutterstock John McCarthy, Flinders University; Erin Sebo, Flinders University, and Matthew Firth, Flinders University In…
‘Blue marble’: how half a century of climate change has altered the face of the Earth
Robert Poole, University of Central Lancashire; Nick Pepin, University of Portsmouth, and Oliver Gruner, University of Portsmouth In…
Here’s Why You Can’t Submit This Image In Scientific Journals Anymore
Then-University of Southern California assistant professor Alexander Sawchuk was searching for an image to use for a colleague’s…