Neanderthals may have been the first artists of Europe, and of humankind, a group of scientists claim. The first known artwork in...
Scientists have finally unveiled the oldest hominid skeleton ever found in South Africa, following more than twenty years of excavating and restoring....
The frilled shark is a rarely seen “living fossil” that has been around since at least 80 million years ago. This summer,...
Scientists have found fossil fragments of trees that are 260 million years old in Antarctica, which proves that the frozen tundra was...
Around 165 million years ago, Madagascar was home to a diversity of unusual dinosaurs and reptiles. One of the ruling predators was...
A new species of giant otters weighing over 100 pounds used to live among the birds and water lilies in the wet...
Prehistoric humans may have hunted cave lions to extinction for their pelts, turning them into decorative items for their ancient dwellings, new...
Ancient Greek mythology is vast, with numerous stories of gods and heroes. Tales of human and animal sacrifices to appease the classical...
The human race’s ancestors were cannibals – at least, those found in Belgium were, a new study has discovered. Neanderthal bones unearthed...
About 69 million years ago, a duck-billed dwarf dinosaur roamed the Earth with an unusual feature – it had a tumor on...