Fossils & Ruins Articles

• New Species
  Early Birds
  Nature
  Extinction
  Birds
  Paleontology
   
  

  Raphinae

  The Raphinae are a subfamily of extinct flightless birds colloquially called didines or didine birds. They inhabited the Mascarene Islands of Mauritius and Rodrigues, but became extinct through ... > more
• Ancient Civilizations
  Archaeology
  Anthropology
  Human Evolution
  Cultures
  Lost Treasures
   
  

  Dead Sea scrolls

  The Dead Sea Scrolls comprise roughly 600 documents, including texts from the Hebrew Bible, discovered between 1947 and 1956 in eleven caves in and around the Wadi Qumran (near the ruins of the ... > more
• Volcanoes
  Natural Disasters
  Fossils
  Origin of Life
  Earthquakes
  Earth Science
   

  Supervolcano

  A supervolcano refers to a volcano that produces the largest and most voluminous kinds of eruption on Earth. The actual explosivity of these eruptions varies, but the sheer volume of extruded magma ... > more
• Evolutionary Biology
  Evolution
  Charles Darwin
  Human Evolution
  Early Humans
  Biology
   
  

  Evolution of the eye

  The evolution of the eye has been a subject of significant study, as a distinctive example of a homologous organ present in a wide variety of species. The development of the eye is considered by most ... > more
• Ancient Civilizations
  Archaeology
  Lost Treasures
  Human Evolution
  Anthropology
  Cultures
   
  

  Egyptian pyramids

  The pyramids of Egypt, some of which are among the largest man-made constructions ever conceived, constitute one of the most potent and enduring symbols of Ancient Egyptian civilization. It is ... > more
• Genes
  Genetics
  Biochemistry Research
  Biology
  Life Sciences
  Human Biology
   
  

  Introduction to genetics

  Genetics is the study of how living things receive common traits from previous generations. These traits are described by the genetic information carried by a molecule called DNA. The instructions ... > more
• Ancient Civilizations
  Cultures
  Lost Treasures
  Archaeology
  Human Evolution
  Anthropology
   
  

  Stonehenge

  Stonehenge is a Neolithic and Bronze Age megalithic ... > more
• Frogs and Reptiles
  Zoology
  Animals
  Early Mammals
  New Species
  Endangered Animals
   
  

  Reptile

  Reptiles (also called 'herps') are tetrapods and amniotes, animals whose embryos are surrounded by an amniotic membrane. Reptiles were defined as the set of animals that includes crocodiles, ... > more
• Cultures
  Ancient Civilizations
  Early Climate
  Archaeology
  Anthropology
  Human Evolution
   
  

  Stone tool

  A stone tool is, in the most general sense, any tool made of stone. Although stone-tool-dependent cultures exist even today, most stone tools are associated with prehistoric societies that no longer ... > more
• Fossils
  Organic Chemistry
  Sports Science
  Graphene
  Early Climate
  Origin of Life
   
  

  Radiocarbon dating

  Radiocarbon dating is a radiometric dating method that uses the naturally occurring isotope carbon-14 to determine the age of carbonaceous materials up to ca 60,000 years. Within archaeology it is ... > more

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