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Early humans reached northwest Europe 45,000 years ago, new research shows
View of the new excavations in front of what is currently left of the Ilsenhoehle under the Ranis…
Get to Know Some of Humanity’s Cousins
The Paranthropus genus, a group of hominins closely related to humans and chimpanzees, took a different evolutionary path…
Ancient Microbes “Rafted” on Ancient Bug Shells Out to Sea
The Cambrian Period saw the emergence of the first groups with hard body parts, such as early arthropods…
Ancient Microbial Diversity Unveiled in Australian Mudflats
At a Glance In a groundbreaking study published in the journal Papers in Paleontology, researchers from UC Santa…
19-million-year-old fossil jaw bone hints the biggest whales first evolved somewhere unexpected
The baleen whale fossil at Museums Victoria Research Institute. Eugene Hyland, Museums Victoria James Patrick Rule, Monash University…
Ancient Giant Ape’s Extinction Unraveled by Multidisciplinary Study
At a Glance A recent study published in Nature has shed light on the extinction of Gigantopithecus blacki,…
The Ancient Connection Between Beans and Butterflies (Maybe)
Butterflies have long been thought to have evolved from moths after the rise of bats, but there appears…
Scientists Discover New Dinosaur Species with Bird-Like Sleeping Position
At a Glance A team of scientists from Hokkaido University, the Hokkaido University Museum, North Carolina State University,…
Jurassic Park: why we’re still struggling to realise it 30 years on
Rattana/Shutterstock Tiffany Shea Slater, University College Cork and Maria McNamara, University College Cork Jurassic Park is arguably the…
The Tale of South America’s Extinct Cave Excavators
Imagine setting foot in South America and seeing mountainside caves sprinkled across the continent; some stretch far beneath…