Archaeologists Thought These Early Cannibals Mostly Ate Children. They Were Wrong
Homo antecessor is among the oldest known human relatives in Europe. Their fossils have long shown grim signs…
Scientists Finally Solve a 100-Year Mystery About France’s Famous Ice Age Cave Paintings
Cave paintings at Font-de-Gaume, Dordogne. Credit: Centre des monuments nationaux/Centre de recherche et de restauration des musées de…
How Fearsome Wolves Became Loyal Dogs — and Changed Human History Forever
The dog diverged from a now-extinct population of wolves 27,000–40,000 years ago, before or during the Last Glacial…
Meet the 45-foot gigantic snake Titanoboa that ruled the planet after the dinosaurs |
Sixty million years ago, long after the dinosaurs had vanished, a new ruler emerged in the sweltering rainforests…