A tranquil Swedish wetland has yielded a startlingly intimate scene from prehistory, where a 5,000-year-old dog lies ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. It turns out human bones, especially thigh bones, were prized by New ...

In the early 20th century, numerous tribes in New Guinea created daggers out of the bones of cassowaries and of humans. The daggers, used in hand-to-hand combat, were incised with elaborate designs ...

Deep in the Swedish peat bog, archaeologists have recovered something remarkable: the 5,000-year-old remains of a faithful ...

Mankind has a habit of getting into conflicts. Even our earliest human ancestors found ways to make weapons out of whatever was lying around, and new research in New Guinea reveals that human bones ...

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When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. When facing rivals, the warriors of New Guinea had a choice of deadly bone daggers; they could ...

In New Guinea, bands of brave warriors once used daggers crafted from bone to finish off their enemies in hand-to-hand combat. They expropriated bones from two very different sources – one was the ...