This discovery could force us to rethink what we know about prehistoric human societies. As the researchers write in their paper published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of ...

In a cave in eastern China, an exceptional fossil has been uncovered: that of a prehistoric cat so small it could have fit in ...

Workers in Central Asia made a "mammoth" discovery earlier this month. Laborers came across the bones of an ancient mammoth while quarrying on June 2. In a press release, Kyrgyzstan's Ministry of ...

Evidence of two previously unknown prehistoric stone circles has been uncovered in southern England—with one site seemingly displaying similarities to the early phase of the iconic Stonehenge. Remains ...

Researchers have discovered a previously unknown crocodile-like reptile species that lived around 237 million years ago during the Triassic Period. It has been described as an "extremely rare" ...

(CNN) — The story of human evolution in Europe has a new character. Fossilized bone fragments unearthed in a cave in northern Spain in 2022 have revealed a previously unknown human population that ...