The 31,000-year-old skeleton is believed to be the earliest known evidence of surgical intervention.
The largest shark that ever lived would have put even the man-eating monster from 'Jaws' to shame.
Scientists have determined that this very strange 500 million-year-old creature was not actually related to humans.
The discovery that some plesiosaurs could have lived in freshwater has re-ignited the debate on Nessie.
Scientists have used an artificial intelligence to analyze evidence that early humans were making fire 1 million years ago.
A set of cutting and skinning tools is being hailed as evidence that our ancestors shared knowledge.
A new type of flying reptile from the age of the dinosaurs has been unearthed in the Andes mountains.
A controversial new book claims that the hobbit-like Homo floresiensis may not have actually gone extinct.
Palaeontologists believe that they may have found one of the victims of the extinction event that ended the dinosaurs.
Palaeontologists have discovered fragments of the asteroid that brought about the demise of the dinosaurs.
This fearsome carnivore would have given even today's lions and tigers a run for their money.
New research has indicated that our ancestors lived alongside these gargantuan mammals until relatively recently.
New research has suggested that the process of creating cave paintings may have been a family affair.
Comparisons with today's largest living land animals may not be quite as accurate as first thought.
A Carboniferous cephalopod that once roamed the prehistoric seas has received a rather familiar moniker.
New research suggests that what we know as T. rex might have actually been three distinct species of dinosaur.
Palaeontologists have unearthed the fossil of a giant winged reptile on Scotland's Isle of Skye.
Researchers have found compelling evidence of our ancestors in Europe.
Palaeontologists have discovered a new species of prehistoric crocodile that once feasted upon small dinosaurs.
Respiratory infections are not unique to modern times - even the dinosaurs fell ill from time to time.