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Chilling discovery from fossil of 'the first human-like species'.
A 1.45-million-year-old fossilized bone fragment with nine mysterious markings has revealed many fascinating and chilling details about...
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This bizarre, giant dinosaur had the shape of a... hedgehog.
Of all the dinosaurs known to humankind, Augustinia is considered one of the most bizarre-looking.
Archeology
Stunned by the discovery of a sea monster fossil with a neck up to 3 meters long.
Researchers have discovered an ancient reptile with a neck three times longer than its body and sharp teeth that helped it ambush prey.
Archeology
Portrait of an 8-year-old boy who lived 30,000 years ago
Experts have successfully reconstructed the face of a Neanderthal boy with some characteristics such as an upturned nose, from a skull found in a cave in Uzbekistan.
Space science
Terrifying ancient Chinese monster grows longer with each generation
The fossil of a completely new species recently found in China has helped reveal the truth about one of the world's most terrifying monster families.
Archeology
15m long monster never seen before 'rises' in the middle of the Egyptian desert
A new member of the largest family of monsters to ever walk the continents has been found in an oasis in the Western Desert of Egypt.
Archeology
Largest creature on Earth discovered
Researchers estimate that the creature was about 20m long and weighed up to 340 tonnes, a mass that exceeds any other known animal on Earth.
Space science
'Excavating' the unthinkable: 9 billion year old 'light fossil'
A timeless treasure that surpasses all previous records has been unearthed by Canadian scientists in James Webb's astonishing archive: A near-missed fossil of light.
Archeology
Flying monster never recorded by science appears in Japan
The Nipponopterus mifunensis monster may have been the terror of many dinosaurs.
Archeology
550 million year old strange creature discovered in China
Strange creature in Hubei province - China belongs to the period called
Archeology
Yen Bai discovers fossils over 5 million years old
Yen Bai discovered fossils belonging to the Co Phuc formation, which existed 23 to 5 million years ago, exposed in Tran Yen and Van Yen districts (Yen Bai).
Archeology
Many pet creatures are 'living fossils' from lost supercontinents
Scientists have discovered the shocking origin of creatures that are both found in nature and farmed by humans around the world: They are
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If there was a civilization on Earth that predated humans, would we have discovered them?
Determining the existence of a civilization on Earth that predates humans is a thorny question and attracts the interest of many scientists and archaeologists.
Archeology
Shocking 86,000-year-old human fossil 'changes human history' in Laos
Fossilized remains from two Homo sapiens individuals in Tam Pa Ling cave have challenged the long-standing theory of our species' first migration wave out of Africa 50,0…
Archeology
Discovering the largest fossil mine in Southeast Asia in Vietnam: More than 30 million years old, many new species found
Scientists highly appreciate the research value of the fossils found here.