7,000-year-old bones found in mysterious desert structure

7,000-year-old animal bones, human remains found in enigmatic stone structure in Arabia | 'Magical artifacts' found along centuries-old pilgrimage route to Mecca may have protected against evil eye | 'Once again, innovation and proliferation ended with catastrophe': The environmental disaster of plants taking over the world Created for {EMAIL} | [Web Version]( September 13, 2023 CONNECT WITH LIVESCIENCE  [Facebook]( [Twitter](  [LIVESCIENCE]( Amazing science every day [SIGN UP]( ⋅ [WEBSITE](  [] Top Science News [] [7,000-year-old animal bones, human remains found in enigmatic stone structure in Arabia]( (Wael Abu-Azizeh et al. 2022/RCU) [7,000-year-old animal bones, human remains found in enigmatic stone structure in Arabia]( Researchers have discovered human bones and animal remains dating to around 7,000 years ago in Arabian stone structures known as mustatils. [Read More]( [] History & Archaeology [] ['Magical artifacts' found along centuries-old pilgrimage route to Mecca may have protected against evil eye]( (Clara Amit, Israel Antiquities Authority) ['Magical artifacts' found along centuries-old pilgrimage route to Mecca may have protected against evil eye]( Archaeologists analyzed a number of artifacts from a pilgrimage camp in Israel that they think "sorcerers" used for magical purposes. [Read More]( [] Planet Earth [] ['Once again, innovation and proliferation ended with catastrophe': The environmental disaster of plants taking over the world]( (Kriswanto Ginting/Getty Images) ['Once again, innovation and proliferation ended with catastrophe': The environmental disaster of plants taking over the world]( The evolutionary leap that allowed plants to live on land 400 million years ago upended Earth in a way unseen since the Great Oxidation Event over 1.5 billion years earlier. [Read More]( [] Space [] [Green comet Nishimura has passed the closest point to Earth, and it won't be back for another 430 years]( (Jeremy Perez / perezmedia.net) [Green comet Nishimura has passed the closest point to Earth, and it won't be back for another 430 years]( The comet Nishimura, which was only discovered in August, will soon be slingshotted around the sun and back out toward the edge of the solar system where it will remain for centuries. [Read More]( [] [New poppy seed-sized fuel pellets could power nuclear reactors on the moon]( [New poppy seed-sized fuel pellets could power nuclear reactors on the moon]( (Rolls-Royce) Scientists have developed a nuclear fuel source no larger than a seed, which NASA will test for use in future moon missions. Full Story: [Live Science]( (9/12) [] Health [] [Nicotine vapes are one of the best tools to help people quit smoking, review of 300 trials suggests]( (Viktorcvetkovic via Getty Images) [Nicotine vapes are one of the best tools to help people quit smoking, review of 300 trials suggests]( Nicotine vapes and two drugs called varenicline and cytisine were found to be the stop-smoking aids most likely to help people quit. [Read More]( [] Daily Quiz [] A space tourist has left scientists 'horrified' after doing what? (Learn the answer [here](.) [Vote]( [Joining the 55-mile high club]( [Vote]( [Taking the remains of ancient human ancestors to the boundary of space]( [Vote]( [Claiming that the Earth is flat](   [Sign Up]( | [Update Profile]( | [Unsubscribe]( [Privacy Policy]( | [Cookies Policy]( | [Terms and Conditions]( CONTACT US: [FEEDBACK](mailto:livescience@smartbrief.com) | [ADVERTISE]( Future US LLC © Full 7th Floor, 130 West 42nd Street, New York, NY, 10036