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Callao Man was shorter than four feet and was just as comfortable climbing trees as it was walking on the ground. Callao Cave Archaeology ProjectThe Callao Man (Homo luzonensis) molars and premolars found in Callao Cave. While the discovery of the small Homo floresiensis “hobbit” species on the Indonesian isle of Flores has been a remarkable find and forced evolutionary biologists to reassess what we know about our species, scientists just found fossilized evidence of an even smaller hominin....

Prior to this discovery, the sapphire-like gemstone was known only to exist in outer space. Shefa YamimCarmeltazite, or “Carmel Sapphire,” could go to the market as a mineral more luxurious than diamonds. Geologists and the public alike are marveling at the recent discovery of an entirely new mineral by the precious stone mining company Shefa Yamim in northern Israel this week. During mining in volcanic rock in northern Israel’s Zevulun Valley near Mt....

For 70 years, the theory that Nazi official Rudolf Hess had been switched in prison with a body double persisted — until this DNA test proved otherwise. Wikimedia CommonsRudolf Hess in court during the Nuremberg trials. After more than 70 years, the conspiracy theory that Rudolf Hess was replaced by a body double in jail has been finally debunked by DNA, New Scientist reported. The theory that leading Nazi member and Deputy Führer Rudolf Hess was replaced by a doppelgänger who subsequently stood trial for him at Nuremberg and lived out his jail sentence in Spandau, has warranted understandable consideration by such esteemed officials as Franklin D....

The abandoned villages are so affordable that even Gwyneth Paltrow listed one on Goop’s holiday gift guide. Like this gallery?Share it: Share Flipboard Email And if you liked this post, be sure to check out these popular posts: 1 of 24As you’ll find, some of the properties are in better shape than others. WaveyMaevey 2 of 24John Milner/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images 3 of 24DailyMail 4 of 24Lauren Frayer/NPR 5 of 24DailyMail...

Leonard Rayne Moses was found after the FBI’s new identification technology matched his fingerprints following a local arrest in Michigan. FBILeonard Rayne Moses following his arrest by FBI in 2020. In 1971, Leonard Rayne Moses was serving a life sentence for the first-degree murder of Mary Amplo. Then he escaped custody, living on the run from the FBI for half a century. But it looks like his time on the lam is up....

Known as Ginger McKenna in Martin Scorsese’s Casino, the real-life Geri McGee married casino boss Frank Rosenthal and had an affair with mob hitman Tony Spilotro in the 1970s — then her story ended in tragedy. TumblrGeri McGee and Frank “Lefty” Rosenthal had a tempestuous relationship that led to constant fighting and the two nearly killing each other. Geri McGee loved money — obtaining it, spending it, flaunting it. She was a Vegas showgirl and a hustler at a time when everyone in Vegas was in on a hustle....

Before plastic surgery became mainstream, Anna Coleman Ladd used her artistic talents to help improve the lives of disfigured French and American veterans. Like this gallery?Share it: Share Flipboard Email And if you liked this post, be sure to check out these popular posts: Meet Anna Ivanovna, The Cruel Empress Who Plunged Russia Into A Dark Age Meet Mata Hari, The Dazzling Entertainer Who Allegedly Became A Deadly World War I Spy...

Anneliese Kohlmann brutally beat and sexually exploited female concentration camp prisoners — but she was sentenced to just two years in prison for her war crimes. Anneliese Kohlmann put on her SS uniform late into World War II. Before becoming a concentration camp guard, Kohlmann lived a very quiet life. But by the time the camps were liberated in 1945, Kohlmann had created her own legacy of being one of the most ruthless SS guards in the Nazi regime....

Hubert and Kalisa spent more than six years together and the zoo even made them a part of its Valentine’s Day celebrations. Los Angeles Zoo and Botanical Garden/FacebookKalisa and Hubert were known to be ‘inseperable’ during their years as mates in captivity. Strong bonds between individual animals have astounded humans for as long as we can remember, leading us to believe that animals harbor emotional intelligence just like us. For folks at the Los Angeles Zoo, there was no bond stronger than the one between Hubert and Kalisa, an elderly African lion couple that had been at the facility for six years....

Marine paratrooper and Pima tribesman Ira Hamilton Hayes was immortalized in the photo of the U.S. flag being raised over Mount Suribachi during the Battle of Iwo Jima. Ira Hayes was born to Nancy and Jobe on the Gila River Indian Reservation in Arizona in 1923. Both of his parents were members of the Pima Indian tribe, who had lived in the area since well before the first Europeans encountered them in the late 17th century....

From running the rackets in Dallas to revolutionizing casinos in Las Vegas, Benny “Cowboy” Binion was perhaps the most notorious gambler in American history. Bettmann/Contributor/Getty ImagesBenny Binion at a Texas jail in 1953. Despite his many crimes, he never stayed behind bars for long. During Las Vegas’s lawless years, no one was quite as lawless as Benny Binion. The king of racketeering in Dallas, Binion moved to Vegas in the 1940s and opened his own casino....

Super-Earth is so far away that locating it is much more difficult than just looking through a telescope. M. Weiss/CfAArtist’s depiction of the newly discovered planet is located in the liquid water habitable zone surrounding its host star, a small, faint red star named LHS 1140. The planet weighs about 6.6 times the mass of Earth and is shown passing in front of LHS 1140. Depicted in blue is the atmosphere the planet may have retained....

The thylacine died in 1936 at the Beaumaris Zoo in Hobart, Tasmania, but zoo records failed to document the whereabouts of the tiger’s remains, leading many experts to fear they had been lost forever. Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group via Getty ImagesA 1933 photograph of the now-extinct Tasmanian tiger (thylacine) taken at the Beaumaris Zoo in Tasmania. For decades, experts have been searching for the lost remains of the last-known Tasmanian tiger, and finally, their search has come to an end....

Over the years, researchers have discovered hundreds of human skeletons along the edges of the otherwise pristine Roopkund Lake. Human remains on the shore of Roopkund Lake. In the mountains of Uttarakhand, India lies a high-altitude glacial body of water known as Roopkund Lake. Although surrounded by the natural beauty of the snow-covered Himalayas, the lake — a popular hiking destination for trekkers from around the world — is best known for the hundreds of human skeletons found situated around the edge of its waters....

Spiders could eat every single adult human on Earth and still have room for children-sized dessert. Researchers have recently deduced the answer to a question nobody wanted answered: How much food do spiders consume in a year? Publishing their findings in the scientific journal Science of Nature this past month, two European biologists by the name of Martin Nyffeler and Klaus Birkhofer have concluded that spiders eat roughly anywhere between 400 million to 800 million tons of prey in a single year....

From ghost sharks to bearded sea devils, Roman Fedortsov has photographed some of the craziest deep-sea creatures you’ll ever see. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Роман Федорцов (@rfedortsov_official_account) View this post on Instagram A post shared by Роман Федорцов (@rfedortsov_official_account) View this post on Instagram A post shared by Роман Федорцов (@rfedortsov_official_account) View this post on Instagram A post shared by Роман Федорцов (@rfedortsov_official_account) View this post on Instagram...

Julius Caesar was fatally stabbed by the Roman Senate on the Ides of March of 44 B.C.E., triggering the downfall of the Roman Republic. Wikimedia CommonsA depiction of how Julius Caesar died at the hands of his own senators. Julius Caesar’s assassination on March 15, 44 B.C.E. marked the end of an era. The beloved military general had expanded the republic across Europe, chronicled his travels for the masses, and won the hearts of both the army and Roman civilians....

After the body of the Somerton Man was found on an Australian beach in December 1948, police found a scrap of paper reading “Tamám Shud” in his pocket. On December 1, 1948, beachgoers came across a dead man on Australia’s Somerton beach. Well-dressed and with no signs of trauma, his identity and cause of death eluded local police. Soon, investigators dubbed him the “Somerton Man.” As their investigation deepened, so did the mystery....

Death is no match for the surrealist painter’s famous ‘stache. Terry Fincher/Daily Express/Hulton Archive/Getty ImagesSpanish surrealist painter Salvador Dali (1904 – 1989), 29th December 1964. A Spanish tarot card reader, born in 1956, says her mother had a secret affair with Salvador Dalí in 1955. In order to know for certain whether Maria Pilar Abel Martinez is, indeed, the eccentric painter’s daughter, the famous surrealist’s coffin was opened Thursday night....

“Drivers can see [big animals] from some distance and slow down or stop, but they rarely do so for snakes, lizards, monitors, or squirrels.” VaibhavSinghIFS/TwitterA 90-foot hanging “eco-bridge” to help wildlife safely cross a busy highway was built in India. In the mountainous Indian state of Uttarakhand where Nainital, a popular tourist attraction, draws large crowds every year, a new 90-foot “eco bridge” hangs among the treetops. The special bridge is an environmentally friendly solution to the growing number of vehicle-animal collisions in the area....