Australia's largest known dinosaur unearthed
Jun 7, 2021An absolutely gargantuan dinosaur - the largest ever found in Australia - has been unearthed in Queensland.
Humans were apex predators for 2 million years
Apr 12, 2021A new study has indicated that Homo sapiens dined almost exclusively on meat for over two million years.
Dino-killing asteroid also created the Amazon
Apr 5, 2021A new study has shown that the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs also gave birth to the Amazon rainforest.
New dinosaur is the 'one who causes fear'
Apr 2, 2021Palaeontologists have unearthed the fossil remains of a new species of large, carnivorous dinosaur in Argentina.
Argentinian titanosaur may be oldest ever found
Mar 1, 2021Palaeontologists have unearthed what is thought to be the oldest member of one of the largest dinosaur species.
Geomagnetic reversal linked to mass extinction
Feb 21, 2021Scientists believe that a historic reversal of the Earth's magnetic field may have proven catastrophic.
World's oldest mammoth DNA recovered
Feb 18, 2021Scientists have extracted DNA from the teeth of mammoths that roamed the Earth 1.2 million years ago.
Scientists examine dinosaur's fossilized butt
Jan 25, 2021A new study has revealed, for the first time, the detailed characteristics and functionality of a dinosaur's rear end.
Is this the largest dinosaur that ever lived ?
Jan 21, 2021Paleontologists in Argentina are in the process of unearthing a gargantuan, record-breaking dinosaur.
Newborn megalodons were larger than a human
Jan 11, 2021The world's largest shark was over two meters long at birth thanks to its penchant for eating its siblings.
Prehistoric 'sea dragon' fossil unearthed
Dec 27, 2020Palaeontologists have identified a new prehistoric sea creature that lived in what is now the English Channel.
Terrestrial relative of pterosaurs discovered
Dec 15, 2020Palaeontologists have shed new light on the evolutionary history of these abundant prehistoric flying reptiles.
Mass extinctions follow 27-million-year cycle
Dec 14, 2020Scientists have determined that mass extinctions have occurred throughout history with striking regularity.
Neanderthals used their thumbs differently
Nov 29, 2020A new study has revealed that Neanderthals had thumbs that were much better suited for power gripping.
Skull of human ancestor found in South Africa
Nov 10, 2020Dating back 2 million years, the skull belonged to an early human cousin called Paranthropus robustus.
Dinosaurs crossed hundreds of miles of ocean
Nov 7, 2020A chance fossil discovery in Morocco has indicated that some dinosaurs swam vast distances across the sea.
Prehistoric sperm found trapped inside amber
Sep 16, 2020Scientists have identified 100 million-year-old sperm cells perfectly preserved within fossilized tree resin.
Can a human outrun a Tyrannosaurus rex ?
Sep 13, 2020New research has suggested that you might actually stand a chance of escaping a rampaging T. rex.
New species of prehistoric fossil ape unearthed
Sep 10, 2020Palaeontologists have discovered what is thought to be the earliest known ancestor of the modern-day gibbon.
True scale of the Megalodon shark revealed
VIDEO Sep 3, 2020This gargantuan prehistoric shark was so large that a human standing on its back would be the size of its fin.
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