The field of paleo-inspired robotics is opening up a new way to turn back time and studying prehistoric animals. What will really matter in the long run? That’s the question we tackle each year as we ...

Ancient humans living in Europe may have scooped out the brains of their dead enemies and eaten them, a new study suggests.

The same goes for anybody who went for a plesiosaur: they weren't dinosaurs, and neither were their flying pals. “You may ...

Short snouts and a flat profile -- within a span of 100 years, humans have significantly changed the shape of the skulls of German domestic pigs. This is likely down to new breeding practices ...

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

"Few birds are as likely to start as many arguments among paleontologists as 'vegavis,'" said professor Christopher Torres.

Prehistoric times were pretty strange, to put it lightly, and the same could be said of the species from that period. Here ...

A massive fossil skull, retrieved from a cliff near Kimmeridge Bay in Dorset, UK, has stunned paleontologists and dinosaur ...

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

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