New evidence of early campfires dates back 1 million years
Jun 20, 2022Scientists 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
Jun 13, 2022A set of cutting and skinning tools is being hailed as evidence that our ancestors shared knowledge.
'Dragon of death' pterosaur discovered in Argentina
May 24, 2022A 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 ?
Apr 28, 2022A 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
Apr 15, 2022Palaeontologists 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
Apr 9, 2022Palaeontologists have discovered fragments of the asteroid that brought about the demise of the dinosaurs.
Giant camels lived alongside humans up until 27,000 years ago
Mar 25, 2022New research has indicated that our ancestors lived alongside these gargantuan mammals until relatively recently.
Many prehistoric cave paintings were made by children
Mar 17, 2022New research has suggested that the process of creating cave paintings may have been a family affair.
Tyrannosaurus rex may have actually been three dinosaurs
Mar 2, 2022New 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
Feb 25, 2022Palaeontologists have unearthed the fossil of a giant winged reptile on Scotland's Isle of Skye.
Newly discovered crocodile's last meal was a dinosaur
Feb 14, 2022Palaeontologists have discovered a new species of prehistoric crocodile that once feasted upon small dinosaurs.
Evidence of flu-like illness found in sauropod dinosaur
Feb 11, 2022Respiratory infections are not unique to modern times - even the dinosaurs fell ill from time to time.
Archaeologists unearth 40 beheaded Roman skeletons
Feb 8, 2022The skeletons, which were found among several hundred other bodies, had their heads placed between their legs.
Huge fossilized 'sea dragon' is largest ever found in the UK
Jan 10, 2022Palaeontologists have uncovered what is being hailed as the UK's largest ever ichthyosaur fossil.
'Exquisitely preserved' dinosaur embryo discovered
VIDEO Dec 22, 2021An unhatched dinosaur resembling a 17-day-old chicken embryo has been discovered by palaeontologists.
Prehistoric millipede was the size of a car
VIDEO Dec 21, 2021Palaeontologists have announced the discovery of a truly gigantic millipede on a beach in England.
Mystery dinosaur tracks - did sauropods really walk on two legs ?
Nov 27, 2021Strange tracks left by giant sauropod dinosaurs have been leaving experts scratching their heads.
Mammoths still roamed the Earth when Egypt's pyramids were being built
Oct 30, 2021A new study has shown that some Ice Age mammals survived much longer than previously thought.
Human-like footprints could be over 6 million years old
Oct 22, 2021Tracks left by an ancient human ancestor in what is now Crete could be much older than previously believed.
16 million-year-old tardigrade found in amber
Oct 6, 2021The microscopic specimen was found trapped inside a lump of amber dating back to the Miocene epoch.
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