Before he had millions of flesh-eating beetles, Ron Sheldon's taste in insects was more conventional. "I've always been a bee person. I grew up with bees," said Sheldon, a native of northern ...

In a rare discovery, archaeologists have discovered strangely deformed sheep skulls in Hierakonpolis, Upper Egypt, dating to around 3,700 BC. Researchers note that this is one of the oldest and ...

Last spring, Sheldon’s beetles cleaned 287 bear skulls. By the end of this hunting season, his work spaces were cluttered with heads: moose, caribou, Dall sheep, mountain goats, beaver ...

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Archaeologists have uncovered strangely deformed sheep skulls at an ancient Egyptian burial site, representing the oldest known example of humans modifying livestock horns. Researchers also found ...

Signs of skull modification seen on ancient sheep skull dated to around 3,700 BC (Wim Van Neer et al., Journal of Archaeological Science (2024)) Ancient Egypt was an agrarian society and livestock ...

Sheep with deformed horns are among the more mysterious animal remains discovered at an ancient Egyptian burial site dating back to around 3700 BC. They also represent the oldest physical evidence ...

Archaeologists have uncovered strangely deformed sheep skulls at an ancient Egyptian burial site, representing the oldest known example of humans modifying livestock horns. Researchers also found the ...