Stone tools reveal identity of first human migrants
A breadcrumb trail of stone tools suggests humans migrated out of Africa through Arabia much earlier than thought.
A breadcrumb trail of stone tools suggests humans migrated out of Africa through Arabia much earlier than thought.
The world’s oldest fishing hook has been found in a cave in East Timor, suggesting early humans were skilled fishers.
A new study debunks the idea that modern species of cycads were present at the time dinosaurs roamed the Earth.
Dinosaurs that lived near the poles of the Earth didn’t necessarily hibernate in winter, say experts.
Work by Australian scientists has found that fossils of one of our oldest human ancestors are two million years old.
What may be 3.4-billion-year-old fossils of bacteria have been discovered near Port Hedland in Western Australia.
An early ancestor of the blue whale hoovered up its prey rather than using baleen plates to filter feed.
An expedition into the Nullarbor has uncovered a hoard of fossilised birds, including one that is 780,000 years old. But what is it?
A fossilised sea creature has been found with an embryo inside it, suggesting the species gave birth to live young.
Palaeontologists have discovered a near-complete skeleton of the largest marsupial that ever existed.