Fossil remains of world's largest marsupial unearthed in Australia
Oct 25, 2023A relative of today's wombats, the Diprotodon was absolutely massive - standing 1.7 meters tall and weighing 3 tons.
First known fossilized 'terror bird' footprints found in Argentina
Oct 13, 2023The well-preserved tracks were left in the silt by a species of bird that would have made even today's ostriches seem tame.
Our ancestors may have evolved in Europe, not Africa, study claims
Sep 5, 2023A controversial new study based on an 8.7-million-year-old skull could serve to rewrite the history books.
Our ancestors almost went extinct around 900,000 years ago
Sep 4, 2023A new genetic data analysis has revealed that our ancestors were almost completely wiped out.
New study suggests that Otzi the Iceman wasn't who we thought he was
Aug 23, 2023Researchers have determined that previous findings concerning the Iceman's ancestry were likely to be wrong.
Remarkably well preserved dinosaur embryo found inside fossilized egg
Aug 13, 2023The incredibly rare specimen was found collecting dust in the back room of a museum in China.
Fossilized sea creature in Peru may have been heaviest animal ever
Aug 5, 2023Palaeontologists have unearthed the fossilized remains of what could be the heaviest creature that ever lived.
Row erupts over intelligence of early small-brained humans
Jul 23, 2023Whether or not some of the ancestors of modern humans were as brainy as believed remains a matter of contention.
Researchers recreate the face of the real-life 'Hobbit' of Flores
VIDEO Jul 5, 2023The face of this long-lost human ancestor has been painstakingly recreated from fossil remains using computer software.
30 years on - how close are we to a real-life Jurassic Park ?
Jun 12, 2023Three decades on from the iconic movie, are we actually any closer to bringing the dinosaurs back to life ?
As many as 1.7 billion Tyrannosaurus rexes once roamed the Earth
May 18, 2023This figure might sound a lot, but it is actually quite a bit smaller than previous estimates had suggested.
Mystery of the Tully monster may have finally been solved
Apr 17, 2023The long-running mystery of whether or not this peculiar prehistoric creature was a vertebrate may finally have an answer.
Ancient bear found preserved in permafrost reveals its secrets
VIDEO Mar 17, 2023Scientists have been studying an incredibly well-preserved bear that was found in the Siberian permafrost.
Ancient human skull found in China could belong to Homo erectus
Dec 3, 2022Dating back one million years, the remarkably intact skull has been hailed as an important find by palaeoanthropologists.
T.rex may have been nearly twice the size, new study suggests
Nov 17, 2022The 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
Sep 21, 2022For decades, fossil experts have been perplexed by a totally bizarre prehistoric creature.
Skeleton of earliest known amputee discovered in Borneo
Sep 8, 2022The 31,000-year-old skeleton is believed to be the earliest known evidence of surgical intervention.
Scientists find evidence of a second dinosaur-killing asteroid
Aug 27, 2022It looks as though it might not have been one asteroid strike that killed off the dinosaurs, but two.
Weird creature with no anus was not earliest human ancestor
Aug 17, 2022Scientists have determined that this very strange 500 million-year-old creature was not actually related to humans.
Loch Ness Monster 'plausible' after fossil discovery
Jul 27, 2022The discovery that some plesiosaurs could have lived in freshwater has re-ignited the debate on Nessie.
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