The evidence comes from a guinea pig skeleton discovered in 2007 in the backyard cellar of a former middle-class house in Mons, Belgium, once part of the Spanish Empire. Radiocarbon dating of the ...

Was it there to be eaten? An ancient pig skeleton is seen in Jerusalem, having been discovered in a building dating back to the First Temple. (photo credit: OSCAR BEJERANO COURTESY OF THE ISRAEL ...

The skeleton — and we’re talking almost in its entirety — of a 50,000-year-old flat-headed peccary, an ancient pig-like mammal. It’s the most complete skeleton found in the more than two ...

The discovery of the pig skeleton sheds new light on the consumption and dietary practices of Jerusalemites during the Kingdom of Judah, over 2,700 years ago,' she said. 'The diet was varied and ...

Skeletal remains discovered nearly five decades ... by farmers chasing a runaway pig, the Coconino County Sheriff's Office said. Over 49 years, detectives developed numerous leads but were never ...

The third-ever guinea pig skeleton found in a European archaeological dig confirms that these little squeakers voyaged to the Old World very shortly after Spain conquered Peru in 1532. While the ...

That was lucky news for at least one guinea pig whose skeleton was newly unearthed in Mons, Belgium, before the construction of a parking garage in the city. Excavations revealed the current city ...

is that of a medium-sized animal similar to a pig. According to Richards, they’ve found flat-headed peccary remains before at the location but nothing so complete. The skeleton includes two back ...

It may seem a prestigious post for a rodent, but the guinea pigs that are fixtures in elementary school classrooms today were once ambassadors from a new land. The third-ever guinea pig skeleton ...