A recent study provides evidence that Neanderthals used rhinoceros teeth as tools.
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The circular mass graves were filled with the bones of people and animals, often carefully arranged around a key person at the centre.
Our study has finally uncovered the circumstances surrounding the death of 77 people, mostly women and girls.
The find represents Europe’s largest human-made megastructure.
The stone age saw a pattern where technologies like spears, fire and bows were invented once, then spread
Newly found fossils point to a link between a rise in atmospheric oxygen and the first emergence of complex life on Earth.
Strange frond-like sea creatures are among the planet’s earliest animals, but new research dates them and the entire animal kingdom to much earlier than first thought.
Neanderthals, rather than modern humans, created the world’s oldest cave paintings.
Growing grapes and making wine come with a lot of implications about a culture’s capabilities. Apparently, Sicily of 6,000 years ago was more sophisticated than archaeologists had given it credit for.
Despite the technological advances that humanity has known for millennia, the standard of living did not begin to rise until around 1800.
Bed bugs make us shudder and cringe. So arm yourself with the courage to learn about the biology and successes of Cimex lectularius – as well as the ways to get rid of it.
A consultant on Chris Packham’s latest dinosaur show about Tyrannosaurus Rex explains how they kept it entertaining but accurate.
As a new David Attenborough documentary examines a remarkable fossil, a leading expert gives his verdict.
Look back into prehistory and it’s all about trusting strangers.
A century-old case of scientific fraud illustrates how hard it is to untangle the truth when access to new discoveries is limited.
Stonehenge has a traffic problem. But building a £1.4 billion tunnel is not the answer.
An old technique to explore the inside of fossils unfortunately ended up destroying some unique specimens. New technology has been used to reconstruct one such fossil.
The hunt for ‘Nessie’ has been going on for decades but there’s a good reason why nothing has been found.
For centuries, the fossil remains of back-boned animals were studied primarily from their hardened bones. Now palaeontologists can study the softer side of these ancient creatures.
Archaeological remains, traditional tribes and conflict among chimpanzees can tell us much about the history of human warfare.
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Emeritus Strategic Professor in Palaeontology, Flinders University
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Senior Lecturer in Ecology and Biogeography, Node & Stream Leader for ARC Centre of Excellence for Indigenous and Environmental Histories and Futures, University of Technology Sydney; Australian Museum
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Associate professor in Vertebrate Palaeontology, University of the Witwatersrand
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Teaching Associate Professor of Paleontology, University of Tennessee
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1851 Research Fellow, University of Bristol & Honorary Research Fellow, University of Manchester, University of Manchester
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Assistant Professor of Vertebrate Paleontology, Virginia Tech
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Research Scientist, Virginia Tech
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Research Associate in Evolutionary Biology, Adelaide University
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Matthew Flinders Professor of Global Ecology and Node Leader in the ARC Centre of Excellence for Indigenous and Environmental Histories and Futures, Flinders University
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Professor of Archaeological Sciences, University of Southampton
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Professor of History, UMass Amherst
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Professor of Wildlife Conservation, University of Tasmania
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Professeur d'économie, Université catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain)
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Professor of Archaeology, Institute of Archaeology, UCL
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PhD in Ecological Systems of Cooperation, UCL