Peter Jackson is helping to resurrect a species of giant extinct bird
VIDEO Jul 10, 2025The legendary 'Lord of the Rings' director has set his sights on resurrecting one of New Zealand's most iconic species.
If Neanderthals walked among us, would we even be able to spot them?
Jun 30, 2025Could Neanderthals, Denisovans and other human species blend seamlessly into the modern world ?
'Dragon man' fossil turns out to be world's only known Denisovan skull
Jun 20, 2025A fossilized skull discovered in the 1930s has now been identified as that of an elusive, ancient species of human.
Newly discovered 'Dragon Prince' dinosaur is a close relative of T. rex
Jun 17, 2025Paleontologists have discovered a fascinating new species of dinosaur dating back 86 million years.
Unidentified hominin skull study reignites 300,000-year-old mystery
Jun 5, 2025A skull found by farmers almost 70 years ago is at the center of an ongoing paleoanthropological mystery.
Terrifying prehistoric parasitic wasp used its butt to snatch victims
Apr 6, 2025A horrific insect that lived 99 million years ago had a posterior shaped like a Venus flytrap.
Strange, giant prehistoric towers may have been a totally new form of life
Apr 2, 2025Known as Prototaxites, these giant fossilized structures have long proven impossible to properly categorize.
Evidence of historic flood found at 'Noah's Ark' site in Turkey
Mar 12, 2025New findings suggest that the location of the Durupinar formation was underwater around 5,000 years ago.
Neolithic Danes made 'sun stone' sacrifices to banish volcanic winter
Jan 18, 2025Thousands of years ago, a major volcanic eruption spewed plumes of ash and dust which darkened the skies.
Major new dinosaur footprint fossil site discovered in England
VIDEO Jan 2, 2025Over 200 fossilized dinosaur footprints have been found criss-crossing a limestone quarry in Oxfordshire.
Newly identified species of human may have been more intelligent than us
Dec 2, 2024Palaeontologists have discovered a previously unrecognized species of ancient human that lived 100,000 years ago.
Prehistoric footprints reveal co-existence of two early human relatives
Nov 30, 2024Footprints left 1.5 million years ago show that two distinct relatives of modern humans would have co-existed.
Perfectly preserved saber-toothed kitten found in Siberian permafrost
Nov 21, 2024The incredible level of preservation has enabled scientists to examine the long-extinct species in great detail.
Scientists find evidence of a second dinosaur-killing asteroid
Oct 6, 2024It looks as though it might not have been one asteroid strike that killed off the dinosaurs, but two.
Ancient 'hobbits' were shorter than we thought, new study reveals
Aug 7, 2024A detailed analysis of recently discovered fossils has revealed more about these enigmatic pint-sized humans.
Identity of 'Tomb of Cerberus' skeleton remains a mystery
Jul 30, 2024Archaeologists have found a mysterious skeleton within a 2,200-year-old tomb that was discovered in Italy last year.
Tyrannosaurus rex may have been much larger than previously thought
Jul 25, 2024We may have yet to discover the fossil remains of some of the largest examples of the species.
Breakthrough as mammoth chromosomes found preserved in ice
Jul 11, 2024The discovery brings the idea of 'de-extincting' the woolly mammoth one step closer to reality.
Prehistoric predator found in Namibia had toilet seat-shaped head
Jul 6, 2024This recently discovered salamander-like apex predator roamed the Earth some 280 million years ago.
Skull found in China may have belonged to long-lost 'Dragon Man'
May 22, 2024For years, anthropologists struggled to determine which human ancestor the skull - along with two others - belonged to.
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