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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.
Did Napoleon really fire at the pyramids? A historian explains the truth behind the legends of Ridley Scott’s biopic
Joan Tumblety, University of Southampton Directors of historical feature films face a difficult task. How can they make…
Keeping Track: The History of Timekeeping
What time is it? You may instantly open your phone’s lock screen now and peek at what pops…
When Did We First Clothe Ourselves?
From the discovery of a 5,500-year-old linen dress in Egypt to the analysis of fragmented fibers dating back…
People in Europe ate seaweed for thousands of years before it largely disappeared from their diets – new research
Yarlander / Shutterstock Karen Hardy, University of Glasgow and Stephen Buckley, University of York Seaweed isn’t something that…
Indo-European Languages: New Study Reconciles Two Dominant Hypotheses About Their Origin
The Anatolian landscape in Turkey. lay london/Shutterstock Kim Schulte, Universitat Jaume I The languages in the Indo-European family…
Did Napoleon Steal a Mosasaur Skull?
The children of the Dutch university city of Maastricht occasionally visit a replica of a Mosasurus skull, as…
Waterlogged Site In Zambia Unveils 476,000-Year-Old Wooden Structure
A groundbreaking discovery in Zambia has unveiled the oldest wooden structure known to humanity, predating Homo sapiens’ appearance…
How Did We Get Around to Solving for X?
We always seem to supplant the unknown with the letter “X,” but its history stretches far beyond its…
We’ve Come So Close to Annihiliating Ourselves—Multiple Times
Physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer helmed research that would end a world war; unfortunately, what he found would forever…
Yes, “Doggerland” Is a Real Place—And Its Role in Human Evolution and Dispersion Is Critical
Coastal strollers along British beaches have occasionally reported sightings of old wooden tools and even human bones along…