China discovers primitive, 5,000-year-old writing

Last Updated: Thursday, July 11, 2013, 00:05

Archaeologists say they have discovered a new form of primitive writing in markings on stoneware excavated from a relic site in eastern China dating back 5,000 years.

Oldest fossil hominin ear bones could yield important clues on origins of humankind

Last Updated: Tuesday, May 14, 2013, 14:01

Researchers believe study of early human fossil ear bones could shed new light on the earliest existence of humans.

1st permanent English settlers in North America turned to cannibalism

Last Updated: Thursday, May 2, 2013, 19:36

Newly discovered human bones have proven that the first permanent English settlers in North America became cannibals to deal with the cruel winter of 1609-10, US researchers have said.

Human bones found near CPI(M) office in West Bengal

Last Updated: Saturday, March 23, 2013, 08:31

Human bones were found inside a sack in a dried up pond near a CPI(M) party office at Mirbazar in this headquarter town of West Midnapore district.

Earth’s oldest fossils found in Western Australia

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 2, 2013, 19:01

In a new study, researchers have discovered traces of bacteria that lived a record-breaking 3.49 billion years ago, a mere billion years after Earth formed.

Human ancestors recreated from ancient bones

Last Updated: Tuesday, October 23, 2012, 16:22

Life-like models of the three human ancestors - Australopithecus Afarensis, Homo Erectus and Neanderthal man - have been re-created in 3-D from ancient bones.

World Osteoporosis Day: Save yourself!

Last Updated: Saturday, October 20, 2012, 20:04

Just maintaining a healthy lifestyle and consuming a rich balanced diet is enough to ward off this disease.

Gwyneth Paltrow negotiating to star in chef memoir

Last Updated: Friday, July 20, 2012, 18:19

Gwyneth Paltrow is currently in talks to star in an indie movie version of Prune chef Gabrielle Hamilton’s culinary memoir, ‘Blood, Bones and Butter.’

Doctors extract stem cells to grow bones

Last Updated: Saturday, June 30, 2012, 20:35

Three doctors have claimed to have evolved a teeth implantation procedure which could prove a boon mainly for senior citizens.

Mysterious remains found may belong to John the Baptist

Last Updated: Friday, June 15, 2012, 20:05

Scientists have unearthed new evidence suggesting that the mysterious remains found in an ancient reliquary in a 5th century monastery on Sveti Ivan Island in Bulgaria belong to St John the Baptist.