Scientists often encounter things beyond human comprehension. When studying jellyfish and their remarkable healing abilities, ...

Combs of wood, bone, and ivory have turned up at ancient sites in the Old World, but solid evidence for such tools in the Americas was lacking until a recent study in northern Chile. That research ...

The ancient comb jellies also lacked the tentacles that are common in their modern counterparts. “This clade reveals a cryptic history and sheds new light on the early evolution of this basal animal ...

But as archaeological excavations uncover more ancient artifacts, our understanding of what life was like for Iron Age humans becomes at least a little bit clearer. The Bar Hill comb is just one ...

This Roman wooden comb was found at Bar Hill Roman Fort, Strathclyde, Scotland and was picked by Christina Gilfedder, second year student at the University of Glasgow (Single Honours Archaeology).