Little is known about why the woolly rhinoceros went extinct around 14,000 years ago. Scientists have found clues in an unusual source: the frozen remains of an ice age wolf.

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The ability of the early toolmakers to select high-quality stone, produce sharp flakes, and return to familiar raw-material ...

Chemical traces on 60,000-year-old stone arrowheads from South Africa suggest ancient hunters used plant poison.

Mammoth bones dating back between 30,000 and 40,000 years discovered in a basement in Lower Austria, a key find in a century.

The modern world offers an abundance of convenience foods. But our Stone Age physiology isn't built for modern diets, which ...

Could Homo sapiens and an archaic and now-extinct species of early human have lived alongside each other on the Indonesian ...

Scientists have detected traces of plant toxins on Stone Age arrowheads that were used by hunter-gatherers in South Africa ...

Traces of a toxic chemical found on 60,000-year-old arrowheads hint at advanced planning by Palaeolithic hunters.

From the caves of Ice Age France to the stone enclosures of southeastern Turkey, a recurring tradition of human animal hybrids hints at trance, costume, and shamanic journeys at the dawn of culture.

Dogs today come in a mind- blowing array of shapes and sizes, but when did this diversity in canine forms begin? New research ...

Radioactive minerals in eggshells can help scientists pinpoint a fossil’s age with stunning accuracy. Scientists excavate dinosaur egg nests in Mongolia's Eastern Gobi Basin. National Geographic ...