Terrifying prehistoric parasitic wasp used its butt to snatch victims
4-6-2025 |
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A horrific insect that lived 99 million years ago had a posterior shaped like a Venus flytrap.
Strange, giant prehistoric towers may have been a totally new form of life
4-2-2025 | 10
Known as Prototaxites, these giant fossilized structures have long proven impossible to properly categorize.
Evidence of historic flood found at 'Noah's Ark' site in Turkey
3-12-2025 | 8
New findings suggest that the location of the Durupinar formation was underwater around 5,000 years ago.
Neolithic Danes made 'sun stone' sacrifices to banish volcanic winter
1-18-2025 | 17
Thousands of years ago, a major volcanic eruption spewed plumes of ash and dust which darkened the skies.
Major new dinosaur footprint fossil site discovered in England
VIDEO 1-2-2025 | 1
Over 200 fossilized dinosaur footprints have been found criss-crossing a limestone quarry in Oxfordshire.
Newly identified species of human may have been more intelligent than us
12-2-2024 | 27
Palaeontologists have discovered a previously unrecognized species of ancient human that lived 100,000 years ago.
Prehistoric footprints reveal co-existence of two early human relatives
11-30-2024 | 8
Footprints left 1.5 million years ago show that two distinct relatives of modern humans would have co-existed.
Perfectly preserved saber-toothed kitten found in Siberian permafrost
11-21-2024 | 37
The incredible level of preservation has enabled scientists to examine the long-extinct species in great detail.
Scientists find evidence of a second dinosaur-killing asteroid
10-6-2024 | 2
It looks as though it might not have been one asteroid strike that killed off the dinosaurs, but two.
Ancient 'hobbits' were shorter than we thought, new study reveals
8-7-2024 | 4
A detailed analysis of recently discovered fossils has revealed more about these enigmatic pint-sized humans.
Identity of 'Tomb of Cerberus' skeleton remains a mystery
7-30-2024 | 0
Archaeologists have found a mysterious skeleton within a 2,200-year-old tomb that was discovered in Italy last year.
Tyrannosaurus rex may have been much larger than previously thought
7-25-2024 | 7
We may have yet to discover the fossil remains of some of the largest examples of the species.
Breakthrough as mammoth chromosomes found preserved in ice
7-11-2024 | 8
The discovery brings the idea of 'de-extincting' the woolly mammoth one step closer to reality.
Prehistoric predator found in Namibia had toilet seat-shaped head
7-6-2024 | 3
This recently discovered salamander-like apex predator roamed the Earth some 280 million years ago.
Mysterious 'sudden event' wiped out the last of the woolly mammoths
7-1-2024 | 2
Scientists have been investigating what brought about the ultimate demise of the last remaining mammoths.
Skull found in China may have belonged to long-lost 'Dragon Man'
5-22-2024 | 4
For years, anthropologists struggled to determine which human ancestor the skull - along with two others - belonged to.
Scientists reconstruct face of a Neanderthal dating back 75,000 years
VIDEO 5-12-2024 | 10
The face of a Neanderthal woman has been painstakingly recreated from skull fragments found in Kurdistan.
Gargantuan prehistoric marine reptile was largest ever to swim in the sea
4-19-2024 | 3
Paleontologists have identified a huge species of ichthyosaur from fossils found on a British beach.
What was it that gave modern humans the edge over the Neanderthals ?
4-2-2024 | 16
Today, we are the only human species left on the planet - but what was it that made us so special ?
Real-life 'Kermit the Frog' proto-amphibian lived 270 million years ago
3-24-2024 | 1
A newly identified ancestor of modern day frogs has been named after Jim Henson's iconic green Muppet.
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