prehistoric

A prehistoric battle just rewrote T. rex’s story

Could everything we thought we knew about T. rex growth be wrong? A remarkably complete tyrannosaur skeleton has brought new…

4 months ago

Scientists discover armored “goblin monster” in prehistoric Utah

A newly discovered, raccoon-sized armored monstersaurian from the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in Southern Utah, United States, reveals a surprising…

6 months ago

This prehistoric predator survived global warming by eating bones

About 56 million years ago, when Earth experienced a dramatic rise in global temperatures, one meat-eating mammal responded in a…

7 months ago

From prehistoric resident to runaway pet: First tegu fossil found in the U.S.

Originally from South America, the charismatic tegu made its way to the United States via the pet trade of the…

10 months ago

Ancient tools from a South African cave reveal connections between prehistoric people

In a cave overlooking the ocean on the southern coast of South Africa, archaeologists discovered thousands of stone tools, created…

11 months ago

Climate change and prehistoric human populations: Eastward shift of settlement areas at the end of the last ice age

A new study sheds light on how prehistoric hunter-gatherer populations in Europe coped with climate changes over 12,000 years ago.…

11 months ago

Prehistoric rock in Japan reveals clues to major ocean anoxic event

By studying prehistoric rocks and fossils emerging from the side of Mount Ashibetsu in Japan, researchers have precisely refined the…

1 year ago

AI provides more accurate analysis of prehistoric and modern animals, painting picture of ancient world

A new Rice University study of the remains of prehistoric and modern African antelopes found that AI technology accurately identified…

2 years ago

A prehistoric cosmic airburst preceded the advent of agriculture in the Levant

Agriculture in Syria started with a bang 12,800 years ago as a fragmented comet slammed into the Earth's atmosphere. The…

2 years ago