A new look at cuts on a giant kangaroo bone reveal First Peoples as fossil collectors, not hunters who helped drive species extinct, some scientists argue.

Mammoths were not the only enormous beasts ancient humans hunted. Elephant ancestors were also on the menu. While analyzing ...

During a remarkably warm period 400,000 years ago, early humans living near what is now Rome regularly butchered massive straight-tusked elephants, using both their meat and bones as vital resources ...

Palaeontologists say there is no hard evidence in the fossil record that extinct Australian megafauna were butchered by First ...

But the teeth of giant ground sloths lack enamel, the highly inorganic and hard outer layer on most animal teeth – including our own. Instead, sloth teeth are made primarily of dentin, a more porous ...

Recent excavations in South America have unearthed a fascinating glimpse into the prehistoric world, revealing the existence of giant, elephant-sized sloths that once carved massive, 2000-foot-long ...

The extinction of the Pleistocene megafauna may be people’s fault after all, according to a recent study.

The “mighty” new prehistoric whale species was about 40 feet long based on the fossilized bones. Tanaka, et al (2025) Palaeontologia Electronica The summaries below were drafted with the help of AI ...

Easter Island’s Moai statues weren’t dragged - they walked. Physics and experiments uncover how ancient islanders made stone ...

Almost 200 engravings created around 12,000 years ago have been discovered in Saudi Arabia, including depictions of camels ...