Huge prehistoric shark found in cave wall
Feb 1, 2020The well-preserved fossil remains of a 330 million-year-old shark have been discovered in a cave in Kentucky.
Who was responsible for the 'Devil's trail' ?
Jan 29, 2020Researchers have shed new light on a trail of fossil footprints found along the side of an extinct volcano.
'Dancing dragon' fossil is velociraptor relative
Jan 21, 2020Palaeontologists have compared the feathers of a 120 million-year-old dinosaur to those of modern birds.
Volcanism ruled out in dino extinction debate
Jan 18, 2020A new study has suggested that it was an asteroid strike, not volcanism, that ultimately wiped out the dinosaurs.
Homo erectus lived alongside modern humans
Dec 26, 2019One of our ancient ancestors held on for so long that it was still around when modern humans arrived on the scene.
Cave painting depicts world's oldest cryptid
VIDEO Dec 13, 2019A cave painting dating back 44,000 years shows the earliest known depiction of a supernatural creature.
18,000-year-old 'dog' found frozen in Siberia
Nov 28, 2019The incredibly well-preserved remains of a prehistoric canine have been recovered from the permafrost.
Fossil tooth sheds light on world's largest ape
Nov 14, 2019Standing up to three meters tall, Gigantopithecus was the largest ape to ever walk the face of the Earth.
'Last' Neanderthal necklace unearthed in Spain
Nov 3, 2019Dating back 40,000 years, the necklace may have been the last of its kind ever made by the Neanderthals.
Mammoths survived until just 4,000 years ago
Oct 10, 2019A population of woolly mammoths still roamed the Earth at the time the Egyptian pyramids were being built.
Mass extinction caused long-term disruption
Sep 30, 2019A new study has revealed how long it took for the world's oceans to recover after the death of the dinosaurs.
The face of a woman who lived 7,500 years ago
VIDEO Sep 19, 2019Forensic experts have created a detailed reconstruction of a Neolithic woman found in a cave in Gibraltar.
33ft 'frozen dragon' pterosaur found in Canada
Sep 16, 2019Palaeontologists have identified one of the largest flying creatures ever to live on planet Earth.
T. rex had 'air conditioning' on its head
Sep 6, 2019It turns out that Tyrannosaurus rex had a rather unique way of keeping itself from overheating.
3.8 million-year-old hominin skull unearthed
VIDEO Aug 29, 2019The remarkable discovery has reignited the debate over which hominim species gave rise to modern humans.
New Stegosaurus species found in Morocco
Aug 21, 2019Not only is the fossil a new species but it is also the earliest known Stegosaurus specimen ever discovered.
Giant extinct penguin was the size of a human
Aug 15, 2019Palaeontologists have identified the fossil remains of an enormous species of penguin that lived in New Zealand.
Earliest evidence of human mountaineers found
Aug 10, 2019Archaeologists have unearthed evidence of Ice Age human habitation in the Bale Mountains of Ethiopia.
Giant parrot fossil unearthed in New Zealand
Aug 7, 2019Scientists have identified an extinct species of giant parrot that weighed 15lbs and stood up to 3ft in height.
Oldest human skull found outside Africa
Jul 11, 2019Scientists have identified the earliest known evidence of modern humans outside of the African continent.
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