The bone-crushing fossilised jaws were one of three Tasmanian tiger ancestors uncovered by palaeontologists,amid a contentious effort to resurrect the marsupial carnivore.
They were shrewd,complex and creative,and we shared the planet with them (and other types of humans) for thousands of years. So why did the Neanderthals die out and not us?
Australian scientists have helped redraw the “tree of life” for almost every bird on earth,with a study finding their ancestors emerged after the dinosaurs disappeared.
Using artificial intelligence to analyse genetic variants,researchers have found some humans could have obtained their circadian rhythm from their ancestors.
The 150-million-year-old fossil was found in Dorset,England. Sir David Attenborough said it was “one of the greatest predators the world has ever seen”.
Scientists have known for some time that a giant asteroid smashed into Earth causing mass extinctions. But precisely how it happened was until now not understood.
Mummified mice found on mountain summits on the Chile-Argentina border have re-defined what we know about the limits of mammals – and they may help the search for life on other planets.
The footprints were discovered at the edge of an ancient lakebed in White Sands National Park and date back to between 21,000 and 23,000 years ago.
An intriguing find is challenging the long-standing assumption that humans evolved in Africa and instead suggests that human origins may actually lie in Europe.
Nearly 30 years ago a retired farmer found a salamander-like prehistoric amphibian in a sandstone block. It hasn’t been formally identified – until now.
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