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How Jurassic Park led to the modernization of dinosaur paleontology

Jun 23, 2018|

Brave birds run around racetrack to teach us about dinosaurs

Feb 24, 2018|

Ancient cave paintings turn out to be by Neanderthals, not modern humans

Feb 22, 2018|

The dinosaur-murdering asteroid maybe also triggered an underwater volcano meltdown

Feb 7, 2018|

It is possible to make spiders creepier, ancient fossils in amber show

Feb 5, 2018|

Discovery of ancient stone tools rewrites the history of technology in India

Jan 31, 2018|

Jaw fossil discovered in Israel looks human, but it’s much older than it should be

Jan 26, 2018|

‘Abundant bleeding’ epidemic in 16th-century Mexico might have been Salmonella

Jan 15, 2018|

This 450-year-old mummy contains the oldest evidence of hepatitis B

Jan 5, 2018|

Ancient baby’s DNA reveals completely unknown branch of Native American family tree

Jan 3, 2018|

Ticks drank dinosaur blood before they drank ours, amber fossils show

Dec 12, 2017|

This prehistoric ‘murder swan’ isn't the only terrifying dinosaur to haunt your nightmares

Dec 8, 2017|

What 215 pterosaur eggs can tell us about the lives of these prehistoric flying reptiles

Alessandra Potenza

Nov 30, 2017|

This massive extinct otter may have had a bone-crushing bite

Nov 11, 2017|

This new dinosaur species had massive, scissor-like teeth

Oct 29, 2017|

Sex, disease, and extinction: what ancient DNA tells us about humans and Neanderthals

Oct 9, 2017|

This 200-million-year-old baby ichthyosaur died with a belly full of squid

Oct 7, 2017|

What an eight-year-old Neanderthal boy can tell us about how our extinct relatives developed

Alessandra Potenza

Sep 21, 2017|

These adorable gliding mammals lived alongside dinosaurs, fossils reveal

Alessandra Potenza

Aug 9, 2017|

This massive, spiky dinosaur might have used camouflage to fool predators

Aug 5, 2017|

Prehistoric fossils suggest modern dogs evolved from a single population of wolves

Jul 18, 2017|

Ancient humans may have been mothers to some Neanderthals earlier than we thought

Jul 4, 2017|

30-million-year-old whale provides insight into how modern whales began filter feeding

Jun 29, 2017|

Archaeologists unearth the oldest Homo sapiens ever discovered

Jun 7, 2017|

Early farmers and hunter-gatherers got it on with each other, study says

Alessandra Potenza

May 25, 2017|

A 3.3-million-year-old fossil with a missing rib tells us a lot about human evolution

Alessandra Potenza

May 22, 2017|

This ancient whale likely sucked prey into its mouth like a giant vacuum cleaner

Alessandra Potenza

May 11, 2017|

Baby dinosaur fossil revealed to be an entirely new species

May 9, 2017|

Ancient human cousin found in South Africa is surprisingly young

Alessandra Potenza

May 9, 2017|

Ancient human DNA found in Ice Age caves — even when bones were missing

Alessandra Potenza

Apr 27, 2017|

This fossilized pregnant reptile missed her due date by 240 million years

Feb 14, 2017|

To figure out how ghost sharks evolved, scientists virtually reconstructed an ancient shark brain

Jan 4, 2017|

A new dinosaur species has been discovered in Australia

Oct 20, 2016|

This enormous dinosaur started out life the size of a human baby and grew insanely fast

Kaitlyn Tiffany

Apr 21, 2016|

A small, but surprisingly smart tyrannosaur has been uncovered

Arielle Duhaime-Ross

Mar 14, 2016|

Baby lizard spends 99 million years in amber, doesn’t cause Jurassic Park to happen IRL

Arielle Duhaime-Ross

Mar 7, 2016|

Humans and Neanderthals had sex a lot earlier than scientists thought

Arielle Duhaime-Ross

Feb 17, 2016|

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