La Ferrassie , also Written by La Ferassie , paleoanthropological site in the Dordogne in France, where Neanderthal Fossils were found in a rock shelter between 1909 and 1921. Although the first report was made in 1934, examination of the remains was not completed until 1982. The old
The telephone was created by the American scientist of Scottish origin Alexander Graham Bell (1847-1922). It was he who filed the first invention patent in March 1876, hours before another scholar,Elisha Gray . The registration started one of the longest patent court battles in history. Illustrat
In early 1943, after his crushing defeat at El Alamein , the Afrika Korps retreated towards Tripoli pursued by the British. Hitler wanted him to stop retreating and engage Eighth Army in an epic battle in which he would be wiped out without having surrendered. Fortunately for Rommel, Kesselring had
On May 22, 1942 the Japanese dominated from Indias borders almost to the Pacific Ocean and they had every right to be optimistic. But war and confidence rarely go together. This lesson was learned, in the worst way for them, by Japanese ace pilots from a lone enemy aircraft that, in theory, was an e