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Archaeologists search for circus elephant
Archaeologists in Wales are looking for the remains of a circus elephant which died in the town of Tregaron in 1848. The Tregaron Elephant has long had its place in local folklore – a beast that died...
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American Indians and their dogs
The Modesto Bee has posted an interesting article about California’s American Indian groups and their warm relationships with their dogs. They were also family pets, as shown by the respect with which...
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Animals have free run of ancient Greek city
Goats, cows and sheep are running amok in the ancient Greek city of Cyrene in eastern Libya. ”We really want someone to look at tourism and for companies to invest. Most of the artifacts are still...
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The Dog Catacombs of Egypt
LiveScience has posted an interesting article about the Dog Catacombs in Egypt, which contain the remains of millions of animals, mostly dogs and jackals. The Dog Catacombs, as they are known, date to...
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Sacrificed Roman babies and animals found in London
The sacrificed remains of buried babies and animals have been uncovered at the site of a new high school in the greater London area. Duncan Hawkins said: “It was extraordinary. Normally the number of...
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Llama droppings aided in the rise of the Incas
New research is suggesting that the Inca used llama droppings to fertilize their crops, allowing them to grow at high altitudes. In the June issue of Antiquity, paleoecologist Alex Chepstow-Lusty of...
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Nazis tried to teach dogs to talk
New research has revealed the the Nazis invested a lot of time and effort into teaching dogs to talk. The incredible findings show Nazi officials recruited so-called educated dogs from all over...
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Early domesticated dog skull found in Siberia
The 33,000-year-old skull of a dog in the early stages of domestication has been found in the Altai Mountains in Siberia. Although the snout is similar in size to early, fully domesticated Greenland...
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Fossil sea jelly calls for rewrite of animal family tree
A 580-million-year-old fossil of a sea jelly which looks like the spial galaxy Andromeda is calling for a rewrite of the earliest branches of the animal tree of life. The researchers, led by...
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Earliest record of beaver found in Oregon
The earliest record of beavers existing in North America has been found in Oregon. An archaeologist discovered two fossil teeth on the boundary of the John Day Fossil Beds National Monument near...
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Butchered prehistoric animals found underneath London
Tunnel construction in London has unearthed the bones of prehistoric animals which bear markings of being butchered by humans. The remains, found near Royal Oak station, include those of bison, deer...
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Egyptian ibis mummies CT-scanned
Researchers in Canada have CT-scanned two mummified ibises from Egypt. Their findings suggest that Egyptians believed animals traveled to the afterlife as well. Studies of human mummies show that...
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16th century guinea pig remains found in Belgium
The remains of guinea pigs have been found in Belgium, suggesting that the furry little creatures may have become fashionable pets after the Spanish conquest of Peru in 1532. The third-ever guinea pig...
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More than 80 animal mummies found at Egyptian site
Archaeologists working in Egypt have uncovered a trove of animal mummies, as well as a wooden statue of Hatshepsut, a female pharaoh who ruled 3,500 years ago. Packed tightly into one of the chambers,...
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All modern cows descended from single herd
Genetic research has show that all modern domesticated cows originated from a single herd of wild ox that lived 10,500 years ago. A team of geneticists from the National Museum of Natural History in...
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Humans ate elephants 80,000 years ago
The bones of elephants unearthed in Spain show evidence of having been a meal for humans 80,000 years ago. Humans that populated the banks of the river Manzanares (Madrid, Spain) during the Middle...
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Genetic study dates horse domestication back 6,000 years
A team of geneticists studying horses have determined that they animals were first domesticated 6,000 years ago. Throughout their history, horses have been interbred, traded between populations of...
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Remains of sacrificed buffalo found in Vietnam
The remains of a buffalo sacrificed in 1402 has been found beneath a wall at the Ho Citadel in Vietnam. Vu The Long, of the Viet Nam Institute of Archaeology, said the find was a big surprise for...
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Anglo-Saxon woman found buried with a cow
A bizarre burial of a woman with a cow has been unearthed in Cambridgeshire, England. Student Jake Nuttall said: “Male warriors might be buried with horses, but a woman and a cow is new to us.” He...
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All chickens descend from south east Asia
New DNA research has revealed that all chickens descend from a few common ancestors who lived in South East Asia. Project researcher Dr Alison Storey says chickens have been domesticated for at least...
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