A near-perfect fossilized skull discovered in Antarctica reveals the bridge between prehistoric and modern birds, a new study ...

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New study shows Middle Paleolithic people intentionally decorated stone tools, offering evidence that abstract thinking began ...

The bones and skulls were found strewn among animal remains, a burial that was meant to humiliate a conquered rival even after defeat ...

In 2011, researchers unearthed a skull from V. iaai, allowing them to analyze its features in full. Their recently published findings revealed that the species had a brain shape similar to modern ...

There is increasing evidence to suggest that symbolic and abstract thought may have deep evolutionary roots and was not exclusive to modern humans.

A fossilised bird skull found in Antarctica reveals evolutionary links between Vegavis iaai and modern waterfowl species.