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Though Lyuba was only one-month old when she died, her perfectly preserved body has provided paleontologists with more insight into the lives of woolly mammoths than any other remains found-to-date....

Earlier this week, International auction house Christies, held a Natural History sale, that was a dream come true for any paleontologist or lover of natural history....

Stunning pictures of Otzi the Iceman, the world's oldest frozen mummy can now be viewed online, thanks to Italy's Institute for Mummies and The Iceman. Discovered by two hikers on a mountain range between and it is believed that Otzi inhabited the Earth 5,300 years or 53 centuries ago! Until recently, the mummy, which resides in a refrigerated room, in a specially-built museum in Italy, could only be viewed there, and that too, only through portholes....

British Geologist Matthew Kennet and his colleagues struck gold earlier this month, when they found a found a series of footprints that date back over 1.5 million years - and guess what? Those early humans walked just like we do!...

Earlier this week, scientists in Los Angeles, California unearthed a near perfect fossil of a Columbian Mammoth, one of the largest elephant species, that became extinct after the Ice Age....

Fossil hunters in Columbia, recently discovered the remains of snakes so large, they are calling them Titanboas. These giants were believed to have slithering around the Earth about 58 million years ago....

Today, was Mr. Barack Obama's first day as President of the United States of America. While his new job is important to him, what is even more important is being a good father - something he has never forgotten throughout his historic journey to the White House....

If you have ever wondered how a Country or City got its name, this is an Atlas for you. Called Atlas of True Names, it substitutes place names around the world with names based on their etymological (the history of the origin of the name), roots....

An ancient city believed to have been inhabited by the Chacahpoya (Cloud People), was recently discovered, amidst the dense Amazon forests. The 12-mile area, estimated to be 1,000 years old was found by local inhabitants who cut through the dense vegetation, after hearing the sound of a waterfall....