Could Neanderthals, Denisovans and other human species blend seamlessly into the modern world ?
Police forensic experts helped to reveal the fingerprint which dates back 42,000 years.
A fossilized skull discovered in the 1930s has now been identified as that of an elusive, ancient species of human.
Paleontologists have discovered a fascinating new species of dinosaur dating back 86 million years.
A skull found by farmers almost 70 years ago is at the center of an ongoing paleoanthropological mystery.
A horrific insect that lived 99 million years ago had a posterior shaped like a Venus flytrap.
Known as Prototaxites, these giant fossilized structures have long proven impossible to properly categorize.
New findings suggest that the location of the Durupinar formation was underwater around 5,000 years ago.
Thousands of years ago, a major volcanic eruption spewed plumes of ash and dust which darkened the skies.
Over 200 fossilized dinosaur footprints have been found criss-crossing a limestone quarry in Oxfordshire.
Palaeontologists have discovered a previously unrecognized species of ancient human that lived 100,000 years ago.
Footprints left 1.5 million years ago show that two distinct relatives of modern humans would have co-existed.
The incredible level of preservation has enabled scientists to examine the long-extinct species in great detail.
It looks as though it might not have been one asteroid strike that killed off the dinosaurs, but two.
A detailed analysis of recently discovered fossils has revealed more about these enigmatic pint-sized humans.
Archaeologists have found a mysterious skeleton within a 2,200-year-old tomb that was discovered in Italy last year.
We may have yet to discover the fossil remains of some of the largest examples of the species.
The discovery brings the idea of 'de-extincting' the woolly mammoth one step closer to reality.
This recently discovered salamander-like apex predator roamed the Earth some 280 million years ago.
Scientists have been investigating what brought about the ultimate demise of the last remaining mammoths.