Ancient bear found preserved in permafrost reveals its secrets
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Scientists have been studying an incredibly well-preserved bear that was found in the Siberian permafrost.
Largest known flower trapped in amber revealed in new images
1-13-2023 | 0
An incredibly well preserved flower dating back almost 40 million years has been the subject of a new study.
How did the real-life 'thunderbird' grow to such a huge size ?
1-5-2023 | 5
Ostriches are today's largest birds, but in the past - even these giants would have seemed relatively miniature.
Ancient human skull found in China could belong to Homo erectus
12-3-2022 | 2
Dating back one million years, the remarkably intact skull has been hailed as an important find by palaeoanthropologists.
What would the world be like today if the dinosaurs hadn't gone extinct ?
11-30-2022 | 16
If the dinosaurs hadn't died out, would they have gone on to develop into an intelligent civilization ?
T.rex may have been nearly twice the size, new study suggests
11-17-2022 | 3
The iconic predatory dinosaur may have been as much as 70% larger than fossil discoveries suggest.
Mystery of weird creature dubbed 'alien goldfish' may have been solved
9-21-2022 | 1
For decades, fossil experts have been perplexed by a totally bizarre prehistoric creature.
Skeleton of earliest known amputee discovered in Borneo
9-8-2022 | 16
The 31,000-year-old skeleton is believed to be the earliest known evidence of surgical intervention.
Megalodon could swallow a great white shark whole
8-18-2022 | 5
The largest shark that ever lived would have put even the man-eating monster from 'Jaws' to shame.
Weird creature with no anus was not earliest human ancestor
8-17-2022 | 3
Scientists have determined that this very strange 500 million-year-old creature was not actually related to humans.
Loch Ness Monster 'plausible' after fossil discovery
7-27-2022 | 34
The discovery that some plesiosaurs could have lived in freshwater has re-ignited the debate on Nessie.
New evidence of early campfires dates back 1 million years
6-20-2022 | 5
Scientists have used an artificial intelligence to analyze evidence that early humans were making fire 1 million years ago.
Prehistoric 'Swiss Army knife' found across Africa
6-13-2022 | 4
A set of cutting and skinning tools is being hailed as evidence that our ancestors shared knowledge.
'Dragon of death' pterosaur discovered in Argentina
5-24-2022 | 4
A new type of flying reptile from the age of the dinosaurs has been unearthed in the Andes mountains.
Is an ancient human ancestor hiding in Indonesia ?
4-28-2022 | 39
A controversial new book claims that the hobbit-like Homo floresiensis may not have actually gone extinct.
Well preserved dinosaur leg may be from the actual day of the asteroid strike
4-15-2022 | 9
Palaeontologists believe that they may have found one of the victims of the extinction event that ended the dinosaurs.
Shards of dinosaur-killing asteroid found preserved in amber
4-9-2022 | 2
Palaeontologists have discovered fragments of the asteroid that brought about the demise of the dinosaurs.
New cat-like sabre-tooth predator discovered
3-31-2022 | 0
This fearsome carnivore would have given even today's lions and tigers a run for their money.
Giant camels lived alongside humans up until 27,000 years ago
3-25-2022 | 0
New research has indicated that our ancestors lived alongside these gargantuan mammals until relatively recently.
Many prehistoric cave paintings were made by children
3-17-2022 | 6
New research has suggested that the process of creating cave paintings may have been a family affair.
