7+ hour, 12+ min ago   (456+ words) The age of the dinosaurs tops kids’ ultimate time-travel wish list, research has revealed. A poll of 1,000 parents with children aged three to 12 found for 34% of parents, their children would choose to go back to the prehistoric age, with the…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (403+ words) At 14,400 years old, this means the dog consumed one of the last creatures from a species which died out around this time. Dr Sergey Fedorov, from Russia's North-Eastern Federal University, said: "I am very happy that DNA analysis has confirmed…...

5+ mon, 3+ day ago   (364+ words) The T. rex was the ultimate cannibal that fed on the carcasses of dead relatives, groundbreaking new research has revealed. While tyrannosaurs are frequently depicted as formidable apex predators, a new study has uncovered a far more pragmatic side to the…...

5+ mon, 2+ week ago   (585+ words) A teenage caveman was brutally torn apart in one of the most horrific bear attacks ever recorded - and one of the earliest known. Believed to be just 15, a boy who became known as "il Principe" or "the Prince" went out…...

10+ mon, 3+ week ago   (409+ words) Experts have identified an almost complete skeleton found in Britain as a new species of prehistoric reptile, thought to have lived some 185 million years ago. The ichthyosaur was found near Golden Cap on the Dorset coast by prolific fossil hunter…...

11+ mon, 6+ day ago   (539+ words) A stunning archaeological find in China has sent shockwaves through the scientific community after experts revealed the Yunxian 2 skull could completely rewrite the story of human origins. The remarkable discovery threatens to demolish long-held beliefs that Africa was humanity's birthplace,…...