About 41,000 years ago, Homo sapiens may have survived increased solar radiation caused by a weakening magnetic field by ...

As the inhabitants of an ancient Middle Eastern city now called ... after the village of Abu Hureyra in Syria about 12,800 years ago. Importantly, it may the first written record of such a ...

Some of them think that a civilisation existed before the ancient Egyptians. It is believed to have ... This destruction, he says, was most likely caused by a comet around 12,800 years ago. His claim ...

Could this be an ancient eyewitness account? If so, the destruction of Tall el-Hammam may be the second-oldest destruction of a human settlement by a cosmic impact event, after the village of Abu ...

8000 years ago, a lush paradise, home to mammoth, deer, and hunter-gatherers connected Britain and mainland Europe - Doggerland. It was wiped out by a single devastating event, leaving it hidden ...

Their genetic makeup was shockingly different to what scientists usually expect to find among ancient humans travelling around Africa. Between 5,000 and 14,500 years ago, the desert area was lush ...