Neanderthals: The oldest art in the world wasn’t made by humans
One of the most hotly debated questions in the history of Neanderthal research has been whether they created art. In the past few years, the consensus has become that they…
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Mars mystery deepens as its unusual radar signals found not to be of water: What’s brewing on Red Planet?
Scientists think that the radar signals that suggest the presence of subsurface lakes located deep under the surface, could be emerging from clays, and not water. The search for life…
The face of Zlatý kůň, the oldest modern human to be genetically sequenced
Researchers created a facial approximation of a 45,000-year-old individual who is believed to be the oldest anatomically modern human ever to be genetically sequenced.
Giant stone artifacts found on rare Ice Age site in Kent
Two extremely large flint knives, described as giant handaxes, were amongst the unearthed artifacts.
Moluccan boats from Indonesia identified in Australian rock art
The rock art offers new evidence of elusive and previously unrecorded encounters between Indigenous people from Awunbarna, Arnhem Land and visitors from the Moluccas to the north of Australia.
Yorkshire’s prehistoric past revealed: Footprint of a giant meat-eating dinosaur
A record-breaking dinosaur print found on Yorkshire's coast may have been left by a predator stopping for a rest 166 million years ago, researchers believe.
Ancient skull found in China is unlike any human seen before
A skull unearthed in East China might indicate that there is another branch to the human family tree, scientists have revealed.
Silver medal featuring winged Medusa discovered at Roman fort near Hadrian’s Wall
The snake-covered head of Medusa was found on a silver military decoration at a Roman auxiliary fort in England.
T-Rex’s older cousin – the Reaper of Death
Thanatotheristes degrootorum is thought to be the oldest member of the T-Rex family.
Half-a-billion-year-old fossil reveals the origins of comb jellies
After researchers observed a definite similarity between several sea-floor inhabitants, a small-known carnivore species of the ocean has been assigned a new spot in the evolutionary tree of life.
