6+ hour, 51+ min ago  (688+ words) Between 280 and 200 million years ago, a group of animals evolved which would eventually give rise to mammals, including humans: the therapsids. They were first described more than 150 years ago, based on fossils from South Africa. Since then, many more fossils…...

3+ day, 22+ hour ago  (503+ words) Imagine a creature nearly twice the size of a modern African elephant (which can weigh up to 6, 000kg. This was Elephas (Paleoxodon) recki, a prehistoric titan that roamed the landscape of what is now Tanzania nearly two million years ago. Now,…...

3+ day, 8+ hour ago  (395+ words) inkl A tiny hole in Greenland reveals how creatures survived extreme climate 210 million years ago Located in East Greenland's Fleming Fjord Formation, the recently identified 210-million-year-old lungfish burrows provide valuable insight into the volatile nature of the Late Triassic climate…...

2+ week, 21+ hour ago  (662+ words) The discovery of an enigmatic ape's 18 million year-old fossils in Egypt hints that the ancestors of all living apes, a group that includes humans, may have originated in northeast Africa or Arabia, a new study finds. Scientists have long assumed…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago  (147+ words) For the first time in 15 years, South Korea has announced that it has found a new dinosaur species! The discovery was made using advanced technology and through international collaboration. The dinosaur is called Doolysaurus huhmini and lived around 100 million years…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago  (712+ words) Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you'd like an expert to answer, send it to Curious Kids US@theconversation. com. What was the very first plant in the world? " Ivy, age…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago  (566+ words) Scientists have discovered a new species of giant prehistoric crocodile that would have weighed half a tonne, grown up to 15ft in length and likely terrorised our ancestors as they roamed the African landscape. With a prominent lump on its head,…...

1+ mon, 4+ day ago  (757+ words) If you follow media coverage of koalas, you could be forgiven for feeling confused. Recent stories describe a "koala paradox: endangered in the north of Australia, abundant in the south; genetically diverse in some regions, genetically depleted in others. Koalas…...

1+ mon, 5+ day ago  (1012+ words) Roughly 425 million years ago, in the warm seas over what is now southern China, there lived a metre-long bony fish with jaws full of clusters of spiky teeth. Long extinct, this predatory fish (Megamastax amblyodus) was an ancient forerunner of…...

1+ mon, 6+ day ago  (392+ words) What did the face of our ancestors look like 3 million years ago? Meet the reconstructed face of "Little Foot" " the most complete biological Australopithecus specimen that ever existed. The search for human origins has never been more fruitful, with fossil…...