Scientists identify who made the first stone tools -- 2.9 million years ago
Along the shores of Africa’s Lake Victoria in Kenya roughly 2.9 million years ago, early human ancestors used some of the oldest stone tools
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JJ Shavit
- Oct 20, 2022
Meet the world's first Neandertal family
Ancient genomes of 13 Neandertals provide a rare snapshot of their community and social organization over hundreds of thousands of years.
JJ Shavit
- Oct 2, 2022
Ancient 'sharks' appeared much earlier than previously thought
The first appearance of shark-like ‘jawed fish’ may have happened some 15 million years earlier than previously thought.
JJ Shavit
- Jun 12, 2022
Prehistoric “Swiss Army knife” shows how early humans communicated
In a world first, researchers have revealed that early humans across southern Africa made a particular type of stone tool in the same shape.
JJ Shavit
- Apr 30, 2022
Prehistoric marine giants found 2,800 meters above sea level
The first ichthyosaurs swam through the primordial oceans in the early Triassic period about 250 million years ago and weighed 80 tons.
JJ Shavit
- Mar 22, 2022
Early man's food choices discovered through prehistoric pot residue
To reconstruct the cookery of people who lived thousands of years ago, bones and plant remains can tell us which ingredients were available
JJ Shavit
- Nov 4, 2021
On ancient Earth, it never rained but it poured
Earth may have experienced cycles of dryness followed by massive rain storms hundreds of miles wide that could dump feet of rain per hour.
JJ Shavit
- Oct 31, 2021
Experts name new species of human ancestor
This species lived in Africa during the Middle Pleistocene, around half a million years ago, and was the direct ancestor of modern humans.
Joshua Shavit
- Oct 27, 2021
New discovery into how early dinosaurs lived 193 million years ago
A new study shows that 193 million years ago, dinosaurs lived in herds -- much earlier than previously thought.
JJ Shavit
- Sep 17, 2021
Earliest bone tools to produce clothing found in Morocco -- 120,000 years old
The study provides strong evidence for the manufacture of clothing as far back as 120,000 years ago.
JJ Shavit
- Sep 16, 2021
New discovery reveals what may be first example of art in the world
An international collaboration has identified what may be the oldest work of art, a sequence of hand and footprints discovered in Tibet.
JJ Shavit
- Sep 15, 2021
DNA analysis shows prehistoric humans mated with their cousins far less than modern man
Today, more than 10 percent of all global marriages occur among first or second cousins. Ancient humans rarely chose their cousins as mates.
Joshua Shavit
- Sep 14, 2021
Massive new animal species discovered in half-billion-year-old Burgess Shale
Titanokorys was a giant compared to most animals that lived in the seas at that time, most of which barely reached the size of a finger.
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