'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.
Scientists solve 33,000-year-old murder mystery
Jul 4, 2019Modern forensic techniques have been applied to an ancient fractured skull found in a cave in Romania.
Giant extinct condor discovered in Argentina
VIDEO Jul 3, 2019Palaeontologists have unearthed the fossil remains of a gargantuan condor 12 kilometers south of San Pedro.
Giant half-ton bird lived alongside early man
Jun 27, 2019A thigh bone found in a Crimean cave belonged to a huge species of bird that was as heavy as a polar bear.
15-ton 'sea monster' found in Antarctica
Jun 9, 2019Scientists have unearthed the fossil remains of a gargantuan marine reptile from the time of the dinosaurs.
Did a supernova prompt us to walk upright ?
May 31, 2019A new study has linked a 2.6 million-year-old supernova explosion with our ancestors' move to bipedalism.
Human DNA found in ancient chewing gum
May 17, 2019The ancient gum-chewing inhabitants of Sweden left behind Scandinavia's oldest known human DNA.
Chunk of Stonehenge returned after 60 years
May 8, 2019A piece of the enigmatic monument that has been missing for six decades has finally been returned.
Prehistoric millipede found trapped in amber
May 4, 2019A remarkably well preserved millipede dating back 99 million years has been unearthed in Myanmar.
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