Paranthropus is often nicknamed ‘Nutcracker Man’ as they had impressive skulls with much larger jaws and molar teeth than our own. They also had flaring cheek bones and ridges on the braincase ...
Discovered during excavations at Boxgrove in West Sussex, the ancient hammer is among the oldest elephant bone tools ever found. Dated to 480,000 years ago, it’s more than 30,000 years older than any ...
Studies looking at how sponges have evolved on a molecular level have suggested that spicules should be present over 700 ...
“Nutcracker Man” ventured further and wider than first thought, new Ethiopian fossil discovery shows
Ethiopia’s Afar region has stood out in the study of human evolution for its vast array of hominin fossils, from some of the earliest known Homo sapiens dating to 160,000 years, to hominins dating as ...
The tool was discovered at an archaeological site in Boxgrove, near Chichester in West Sussex, England. It’s an extensively excavated site, and numerous tools made of flint, bone, and antler have been ...
Although dinosaurs lived many millions of years ago, we know that they existed because some of them turned into fossils when they died. Watch our animation to discover how this happened, and explore ...
The Gila monster's bite may be agonising, but humans have been using the lizard's venom to save lives. Over 30 years ago scientists discovered the potential of Gila monster venom as a treatment for ...
Armed with kaleidoscopic eyesight, the ability to send secret messages and a punch so fast it can boil water, mantis shrimps are a force to be reckoned with. What is a mantis shri ...
The Cambrian explosion is one of the most important intervals in the history of life. Now, new research published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (USA) is revealing that this ...
Large areas of the world could soon become unrecognisable if global temperatures continue to rise. From the loss of coral reefs to the shutdown of major ocean currents, shifts in Earth’s climate and ...
The world's largest lizard, the Komodo dragon, could disappear in the next century as rising sea levels threaten to submerge its habitat. It joins a number of iconic species, including the tiger, ...
The controlled use of fire is one of the reasons our species was able to survive and spread around the world. But the newly unearthed evidence of the earliest fire-making shows that we were not the ...
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