Land animals learned to breathe underwater!

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 29, 2014, 17:02

Four-legged animals first developed the ability to breathe air as ancient fish in water, scientists have found.

300,000-year-old hearth used for cooking discovered

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 28, 2014, 14:33

A team of Israeli scientists have recently discovered in the Qesem Cave, the earliest evidence of unequivocal repeated fire building over a continuous period.

DNA from ancient plague points to modern peril

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 28, 2014, 11:38

"In some cases death came immediately; in others, after many days," the historian Procopius wrote as a terrifying disease scythed through Constantinople in 542 AD.

Swedish divers unearth Stone Age `Atlantis` relics

Last Updated: Sunday, January 26, 2014, 16:15

wedish divers have uncovered Stone Age artefacts left behind by Swedish nomads about 11,000 years ago, which has prompted some to claim that Sweden`s Atlantis may have been found.

Another ancient university`s remains found in Bihar

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 14, 2014, 13:22

Remains of an ancient university have been discovered in Bihar, which is home to Nalanda and Vikramshila universities, officials Tuesday said.

Another ancient varsity`s remains found in Bihar

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 14, 2014, 12:54

Remains of an ancient university have been discovered in Bihar, which is home to Nalanda and Vikramshila universities, officials Tuesday said.

Ancient Tibetan town catches fire in China`s Shangri-la

Last Updated: Saturday, January 11, 2014, 10:08

One of ancient Tibetan towns in Shangri-la, a resort county in China`s southwestern Yunnan Province, caught fire early on Saturday, local authorities said.

100-million-year old amber fossil reveals ancient reproduction in flowering plants

Last Updated: Monday, January 6, 2014, 18:24

Researchers have discovered a 100-million-year old piece of amber which reveals the oldest evidence of sexual reproduction in a flowering plant- a cluster of 18 tiny flowers from the Cretaceous Period.