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Prehistoric fossil discovery proves that early mammals laid eggs
4-11-2026 |
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The remarkable find shows that the distant ancestors of mammals laid eggs instead of giving birth to live young.
'Little Foot' fossil may belong to totally new species of human ancestor
12-14-2025 | 13
The remains of a prehistoric skeleton found in a cave in South Africa may be something completely new to science.
1 million-year-old skull pushes human origins back by 400,000 years
9-26-2025 | 13
A new analysis of a skull found in China has rewritten the history books on when and where modern humans arose.
Mystery surrounds cave skull with stalagmite growing through it
8-24-2025 | 5
Researchers have been attempting to solve the mystery of a 300,000-year-old skull found in Greece.
Archaic human species ate its own young, new discovery finds
7-26-2025 | 2
Evidence of human cannibalism has been found in fossilized bones dating back 850,000 years.
Newly identified species of human may have been more intelligent than us
12-2-2024 | 27
Palaeontologists have discovered a previously unrecognized species of ancient human that lived 100,000 years ago.
Prehistoric footprints reveal co-existence of two early human relatives
11-30-2024 | 10
Footprints left 1.5 million years ago show that two distinct relatives of modern humans would have co-existed.
Skull found in China may have belonged to long-lost 'Dragon Man'
5-22-2024 | 4
For years, anthropologists struggled to determine which human ancestor the skull - along with two others - belonged to.
Real-life 'Kermit the Frog' proto-amphibian lived 270 million years ago
3-24-2024 | 1
A newly identified ancestor of modern day frogs has been named after Jim Henson's iconic green Muppet.
Scientists discover the reason why humans no longer have long tails
3-3-2024 | 2
It might be hard to imagine, but many millions of years ago, our ancestors had long tails just like monkeys do today.
Our ancestors may have evolved in Europe, not Africa, study claims
9-5-2023 | 43
A 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
9-4-2023 | 24
A new genetic data analysis has revealed that our ancestors were almost completely wiped out.
Row erupts over intelligence of early small-brained humans
7-23-2023 | 17
Whether 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 7-5-2023 | 11
The face of this long-lost human ancestor has been painstakingly recreated from fossil remains using computer software.
Weird creature with no anus was not earliest human ancestor
8-17-2022 | 3
Scientists have determined that this very strange 500 million-year-old creature was not actually related to humans.
Prehistoric 'Swiss Army knife' found across Africa
6-13-2022 | 4
A set of cutting and skinning tools is being hailed as evidence that our ancestors shared knowledge.
Is an ancient human ancestor hiding in Indonesia ?
4-28-2022 | 39
A controversial new book claims that the hobbit-like Homo floresiensis may not have actually gone extinct.
Giant camels lived alongside humans up until 27,000 years ago
3-25-2022 | 0
New research has indicated that our ancestors lived alongside these gargantuan mammals until relatively recently.
Human-like footprints could be over 6 million years old
10-22-2021 | 3
Tracks left by an ancient human ancestor in what is now Crete could be much older than previously believed.
'Dragon Man' could be new human species
6-27-2021 | 5
Scientists in China have discovered a fossil skull belonging to what could be a totally new human species.
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