In his latest book Cosmogonies, the historian Julien dHuy explains how the study of certain myths, using advanced technologies, would make it possible to go back to the origins of humanity! Of myths and men. Myth of the Cosmogonic Diving, of the Stolen Sun, or of the Woman-Bird… All human beings
An analysis of ancient genomes suggests that the different branches of the human family tree interbred multiple times, and that some humans carry DNA from an archaic and unknown ancestor. Melissa Hubisz and Amy Williams of Cornell University and Adam Siepel of the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory repo
In the city of Tikal, the Mayans had their own way of filtering water. An ingenious technique with compounds still used today for the same purpose. A temple rises above the rainforest in the ancient Mayan city of Tikal. It is not uncommon to be amazed by the extent of knowledge of civilizations t
In the Italian province of Ancona, in the Marche region northeast of Rome, there are two towns just 10 kilometers apart, called Osimo and Camerano. Both share a peculiar common characteristic, having a considerable network of galleries and tunnels under their urban area. In the case of Camerano, th