A team of scientists reported the first fossil bird ever found with an egg preserved inside its body; it also represents a new species, Avimaia schweitzerae
The first farmers from Anatolia, who brought farming to Europe and represent the single largest ancestral component in modern-day Europeans, are directly descended from local hunter-gatherers who adopted a farming way of life
An astrolabe excavated from the wreck site of a Portuguese Armada Ship, that was part of Vasco da Gama’s second voyage to India, is the oldest in the world
Two studies, one looking at Iberian hunter-gatherers between 13,000 and 6,000 years ago and another looking at Iberian populations over the last 8000 years, add new resolution to our understanding of the history and prehistory of the region
A study of rat body sizes shifting over time gives a glimpse into the habitat of the hominin Homo floresiensis — nicknamed the “Hobbit” due to its diminutive stature.
Archaeologists have unearthed evidence of the earliest large-scale celebrations in Britain – with people and animals travelling hundreds of miles for prehistoric feasting rituals.
Anthropologists have long made the case that tool-making is one of the key behaviors that separated our human ancestors from other primates
New research from the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh indicates that even as a teenager the Tyrannosaurus rex showed signs that it would grow up to be a ferocious predator.
It is not very common to find representations of scenes instead of individual figures in Palaeolithic art, but it is even harder for these figures to be birds instead of mammals such as goats, deer or horses
A study by the University of Seville has suggested that life-cycle assessment form part of the decision-making process in heritage construction projects from their beginnings
