Ancient humans in Africa changed their behaviour in a major way 70,000 years ago, which could explain how their descendants ...

New species of flying reptile that lived among dinosaurs 200 million years ago discovered - Scientists uncovered the the ...

Sea level on Earth has been rising and falling ever since there was water on the planet. Scientists were already able to use ...

A study published in 2023 suggests that nearly 1 million years ago, humanity almost ceased to exist. This potential mass extinction event was discovered by researchers when they began analyzing ...

The Museum of the Rockies will unveil "Cretaceous Crossroads," showcasing Montana's rich prehistoric history and highlighting ...

However, at Olduvai Gorge – the site where Homo habilis's discovery reshaped the human family tree – paleontologists have found many bone tools dated to 1.5 million years ago. The gorge is so ...

Known to some as the “devil frog,” it’s thought that Beelzebufo may well have been the largest frogs our planet has ever seen back when they lived around 65 to 70 million years ago during ...

When humans began farming crops thousands of years ago, agriculture had already been around for millions of years. In fact, several animal lineages have been growing their own food since long before ...

The fossil represents a new cicada species, Eoplatypleura messelensis, which lived about 47.2 million years ago.

Scientists in Antarctica have dug out ice that can be from as far back as 1.2 million years. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to researcher Carlo Barbante, about what he hopes to learn from the ice.