Scientists Discover Fossils of a Giant Extinct Burrowing Bat in New Zealand
The fossilized remains of a giant burrowing bat that lived in New Zealand millions of years ago have been found by a UNSW Sydney-led international…
The fossilized remains of a giant burrowing bat that lived in New Zealand millions of years ago have been found by a UNSW Sydney-led international…
Analysis of giant stone hats found on Rapa Nui, Chile (Easter Island) provides evidence contrary to the widely held belief that the ancient civilization had…
Paleontologists at the University of Toronto (U of T) and the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) in Toronto have entirely revisited a tiny yet exceptionally fierce…
A new analysis of the oldest known fossil microorganisms provides strong evidence to support an increasingly widespread understanding that life in the universe is common….
A joint excavation team from Osaka University and the Institute of History and Archaeology of the Mongolian Academy of Sciences discovered the ruins of a…
An archaeologist from The Australian National University (ANU) has uncovered the world’s oldest known fish-hooks placed in a burial ritual, found on Indonesia’s Alor Island,…
A unique collection of Iron Age metal artifacts that sheds new light on feasting rituals among prehistoric communities has been discovered by archaeologists from the…
While conducting research in the Saudi Arabian desert, scientists from the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History and the Max Planck Institute…
New research shows that Neanderthals survived at least 3,000 years longer than we thought in Southern Iberia long after they had died out everywhere else….
Archaeologists reveal evidence of the earliest winemaking anywhere in the world, dating the origins of the practice to the Neolithic period around 6000 BC. Excavations…
Researchers at the University of Portsmouth have discovered fossils of the oldest mammals related to mankind on the Jurassic Coast of Dorset. The two teeth…
A newly published study reveals that a massive, wolf-sized otter that lived about 6 million years ago may have been a dominant predator in its…
A newly published study confirms that Drepanosaurus, a prehistoric cross between a chameleon and an anteater, was a small reptile with a fearsome finger. The…
The Stonehenge Hidden Landscapes Project has discovered the remains of a major new prehistoric stone monument less than 3 kilometers (1.9 miles) from Stonehenge. Durrington…
Using flakes of obsidian as a dating tool, a newly published study helps clarify the factors that contributed to the demise of early Rapa Nui…
Archaeologists from the University College London have discovered ancient Egyptian iron beads that were made from meteoritic iron, rather than iron ore. Researchers have shown…
A newly published study presents the most convincing evidence so far that abrupt climate change was instrumental in the development human evolution. Rapid climate change…
New research describes the newly discovered species of bone-headed dinosaur, named Acrotholus audeti, which lived about 85 million years ago. Scientists have named a new…