Researchers recreate the face of the real-life 'Hobbit' of Flores
VIDEO 7-5-2023 |
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The face of this long-lost human ancestor has been painstakingly recreated from fossil remains using computer software.
30 years on - how close are we to a real-life Jurassic Park ?
6-12-2023 | 5
Three decades on from the iconic movie, are we actually any closer to bringing the dinosaurs back to life ?
Humans were using fire in Europe 50,000 years earlier than thought
5-26-2023 | 0
Prof Clayton Magill and his team have discovered evidence of fire use by early humans on the continent.
As many as 1.7 billion Tyrannosaurus rexes once roamed the Earth
5-18-2023 | 7
This figure might sound a lot, but it is actually quite a bit smaller than previous estimates had suggested.
Mystery of the Tully monster may have finally been solved
4-17-2023 | 3
The long-running mystery of whether or not this peculiar prehistoric creature was a vertebrate may finally have an answer.
Tyrannosaurus rex had lips over its teeth, new study suggests
4-1-2023 | 3
Paleontologist Mark P. Witton delves into a recent study that could change how the tyrant lizard is portrayed.
Ancient bear found preserved in permafrost reveals its secrets
VIDEO 3-17-2023 | 7
Scientists have been studying an incredibly well-preserved bear that was found in the Siberian permafrost.
Largest known flower trapped in amber revealed in new images
1-13-2023 | 0
An incredibly well preserved flower dating back almost 40 million years has been the subject of a new study.
How did the real-life 'thunderbird' grow to such a huge size ?
1-5-2023 | 6
Ostriches are today's largest birds, but in the past - even these giants would have seemed relatively miniature.
Ancient human skull found in China could belong to Homo erectus
12-3-2022 | 2
Dating back one million years, the remarkably intact skull has been hailed as an important find by palaeoanthropologists.
What would the world be like today if the dinosaurs hadn't gone extinct ?
11-30-2022 | 16
If the dinosaurs hadn't died out, would they have gone on to develop into an intelligent civilization ?
T.rex may have been nearly twice the size, new study suggests
11-17-2022 | 3
The iconic predatory dinosaur may have been as much as 70% larger than fossil discoveries suggest.
Mystery of weird creature dubbed 'alien goldfish' may have been solved
9-21-2022 | 1
For decades, fossil experts have been perplexed by a totally bizarre prehistoric creature.
Skeleton of earliest known amputee discovered in Borneo
9-8-2022 | 16
The 31,000-year-old skeleton is believed to be the earliest known evidence of surgical intervention.
Scientists find evidence of a second dinosaur-killing asteroid
8-27-2022 | 2
It looks as though it might not have been one asteroid strike that killed off the dinosaurs, but two.
Megalodon could swallow a great white shark whole
8-18-2022 | 5
The largest shark that ever lived would have put even the man-eating monster from 'Jaws' to shame.
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.
Loch Ness Monster 'plausible' after fossil discovery
7-27-2022 | 34
The discovery that some plesiosaurs could have lived in freshwater has re-ignited the debate on Nessie.
New evidence of early campfires dates back 1 million years
6-20-2022 | 5
Scientists have used an artificial intelligence to analyze evidence that early humans were making fire 1 million years ago.
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.
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