Mystery of weird creature dubbed 'alien goldfish' may have been solved
9-21-2022 |
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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.
The largest dinosaurs walked more like hippos than elephants
VIDEO 3-12-2022 | 3
Comparisons with today's largest living land animals may not be quite as accurate as first thought.
A 325-million-year-old octopus has been named after Joe Biden
3-9-2022 | 9
A Carboniferous cephalopod that once roamed the prehistoric seas has received a rather familiar moniker.
Tyrannosaurus rex may have actually been three dinosaurs
3-2-2022 | 4
New research suggests that what we know as T. rex might have actually been three distinct species of dinosaur.
Remains of largest known Jurassic pterosaur found in Scotland
2-25-2022 | 0
Palaeontologists have unearthed the fossil of a giant winged reptile on Scotland's Isle of Skye.
Modern humans may have lived in Europe 10,000 years earlier than thought
2-16-2022 | 8
Researchers have found compelling evidence of our ancestors in Europe.
Newly discovered crocodile's last meal was a dinosaur
2-14-2022 | 14
Palaeontologists have discovered a new species of prehistoric crocodile that once feasted upon small dinosaurs.
