New resources look at life on the Must Farm site during the Bronze Age and how a fire destroyed it.

Instead of hunting big game or wielding fire, the hobbit-like hominin Homo floresiensis likely scavenged leftovers of prey ...

Feathered Raptors: Not Quite Ready to Fly Dromaeosaurids, the so-called “raptors,” are among the best-known dinosaurs from ...

Did a major epidemic of plague trigger a prolonged collapse in Europe’s population in late neolithic times – from around ...

The discovery of more than 100 prehistoric structures in the Cova Dones cave in Spain makes it one of the most significant prehistoric underground sites in the world. Archaeologists found stalagmites ...

All modern humans may descend from a small group of people who survived a catastrophic event just over 70,000 years ago.

Scientists still debate the purpose of this dinosaur's iconic horns and spiky head plate. Find out what we’ve learned about how Triceratops lived and why it went extinct.

Researchers from the University of Bergen have uncovered the remains of a 4,000-year-old child in a cave site on Norway's west coast. "The find offers rare and important insight into the first ...

Their work represents the oldest detection of plague outbreaks known to researchers, as well as the first unambiguous evidence that early and genetically different Yersinia pestis strains were deadly ...

Imagine a serpent as long as a small plane, weighing over a ton! This was Titanoboa, the prehistoric king of the Amazon.

Families can travel back in time to discover the living descendants of prehistoric creatures as J&R Aquatic Animal Rescue presents “Prehistoric Pets at the Library” from 1-2 p.m. Tuesday at ...

This summer, some long-extinct animals are coming to San Francisco to join their living descendants and other zoo residents.