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Our ancestors bred with Neanderthals 50,000 years ago — here's where scientists think they did it
Scientists have pinpointed the Zagros Mountains as a key site where Homo sapiens and Neanderthals i…
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Over 80% of prehistoric megaherbivores went extinct due to human activity and not climate change: Study
Recent studies have spotlighted the extinction or rapid decline of large mammals over the past 50,0…
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All tweet, some bite: Dinosaurs might have tweeted like modern day birds, study finds
Due to their ancient nature, there is limited evidence available regarding the sounds produced by d…
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Massive skull of prehistoric sea monster that was the 'ultimate killing machine' discovered in UK
A prehistoric pliosaur's skull was extracted in Dorset, featuring 130 razor-sharp teeth. A palaeobi…
Rebecca Rommen
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South Pole Secret! Massive network of prehistoric valleys, lakes and hills found deep under Antarctica
Antarctica might be a vast ice sheet today, but it wasn't always so. Portions of the southern conti…
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Archaeologists used Google Earth to help find 3,000 square miles of prehistoric settlements from a new-found civilization in Central Europe
Researchers found evidence of a vast network of Bronze Age societies in a region previously thought…
Grace Eliza Goodwin
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Archaeologists used Google Earth to help find 3,000 square miles of prehistoric settlements from a new-found civilization in Central Europe
Researchers found evidence of a vast network of Bronze Age societies in a region previously thought…
Grace Eliza Goodwin
How bone carvers in India are keeping a prehistoric art alive
Bone carving is an ancient art form popularized by royals in India around the 16th century. More re…
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A new fossil shows a prehistoric badger-like mammal and a dinosaur locked in 'mortal combat'
A fossil shows a mammal biting into a dinosaur. The Repenomamus robustus appears to be attacking th…
Jenny McGrath
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Archaeologists are stunned by the discovery of 25 'incredibly significant' prehistoric pits dug in straight lines containing ancient animal bones
Archaeologists found a series of 25 pits arranged in straight lines in Bedfordshire, England, from …
Jenny McGrath
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An angler reeled in a record-breaking 9-foot 'prehistoric' catfish. He let it go because he didn't want to 'stress' the amazing creature.
The scary-looking catfish was caught by Alessandro Biancardi last month in the Po River in northern…
Isobel van Hagen
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Archaeologists discovered a rare prehistoric drum decorating the grave of 3 children who had been 'cuddling' for 5,000 years
The remains of three children, aged 3 to 12, whose bones had been intertwined for millennia were fo…
Joshua Zitser
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Prehistoric Native American artifacts from 6,000 BC were found in a Mississippi alligator's stomach
Fueled by curiosity, Red Antler Processing owner Shane Smith began processing the stomach contents …
Morgan Keith
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Shark tooth enamel suggests prehistoric great whites may have competed with giant megalodons for food
Ancient megalodon sharks were four times the size of great whites, but they went extinct, while the…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Fossils unearthed in China reveal a new species of giant prehistoric rhino - the largest land mammal to ever walk the Earth
Giant rhinos were roughly the size of six elephants and they moved back and forth across Asia as th…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Treasure trove of 2,000 fossils reveals life in Australia's prehistoric rainforest before it turned into desert
Fossils discovered in Australia reveal hundreds of new species, a pollen-covered insect, parasitic …
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Prehistoric cavemen starved themselves of oxygen to induce hallucinations and inspire their ancient paintings, study finds
Prehistoric cave dwellers living in Europe believed the caves were a portal connecting their world …
Sophia Ankel
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28 prehistoric viruses unknown to science were found in a glacial ice cores. They are thought to be around 15,000 years old.
The researchers said that the viruses found in an ice core taken from the Guliya ice cap in the Tib…
Marianne Guenot
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Prehistoric megalodon sharks might have been even bigger than previously thought. The chance discovery was made thanks to high schoolers.
A calculation widely used by scientists since 2002 did not stand up to the scrutiny of high school …
Marianne Guenot
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The prehistoric megalodon shark had fins as big as human adults and heads the length of cars, according to new research
Megalodons, the largest sharks ever to roam Earth's oceans, had heads the size of cars and 5-foot d…