2+ day, 8+ hour ago  (469+ words) An Oxford study has revealed a fascinating new detail about life as a caveman, enabling a better understanding of 'Neanderthal culture'. Cavemen may have used an extract form birch tree bark to treat injuries, the new research suggests, a substance…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago  (213+ words) It is no secret we have all probably been guilty of returning a book to the library a day or two late. But how about more than 60 years late? That's what happened recently at Darlington Library, as a resident returned…...

2+ mon, 6+ day ago  (860+ words) The woolly rhino, Coelodonta antiquitatis, would have been an impressive sight to the ancient people who painted images of them on cave walls and carved figurines of them out of bone, antler, ivory and wood. The sadly now extinct rhino…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (746+ words) For a long time, scientists have puzzled over the origins of the human species. It is unclear from which common ancestor modern humans, Neanderthals and Denisovans all descend. According to earlier estimates, this ancestor lived around 750,000 years ago but now…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago  (626+ words) Newly discovered fossils prove that a mysterious foot found in Ethiopia belongs to a little-known, recently named ancient human relative who lived alongside the species of the famous Lucy, scientists said Wednesday. The discovery is the latest twist in the…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago  (388+ words) Ancient bogs are offering new clues about Earth's climate history. A study published in Nature Geoscience and led by the University of Southampton has revealed that peatlands across the Southern Hemisphere expanded rapidly around 15,000 years ago due to a sudden…...

5+ mon, 2+ week ago  (358+ words) A fossil discovered on the Isle of Skye has been revealed as a new species of Jurassic reptile which was an ancient ancestor to lizards and snakes. An international team of researchers, which included National Museums Scotland (NMS), uncovered a…...

5+ mon, 2+ week ago  (386+ words) A new species of Jurassic reptile, which was an ancient ancestor to lizards and snakes, has been discovered in the UK. Found on the Isle of Skye by an international team of researchers, the fossil was a previously unknown species…...

5+ mon, 2+ week ago  (596+ words) It had the mouth of a snake and the body of a lizard and lived at a time when dinosaurs roamed the land which would one day become Scotland. Scientists probing the rich fossil beds of the Isle of Skye…...

8+ mon, 6+ day ago  (295+ words) It was uncovered about 763 feet underground and is now on display at the museum's "Discovering Teen Rex" exhibition Experts identified the bone as a vertebral centrum, likely from an herbivorous species of dinosaur Researchers from the Denver Museum of Nature…...