mammoths
Scientists Identify Oldest Human Footprints in North America in Major Find
The 23,000-year-old "ghost tracks" were primarily made by children and teenagers who were doing work for elders or just hanging around.
Scientists Sequenced Million-Year-Old Mammoth DNA, the Most Ancient Ever
DNA recovered from two mammoths that lived more than a million years ago reveal new insights about the evolution of these extinct animals.
Scientists Reawaken Cells From a 28,000-Year-Old Mammoth
Yuka the woolly mammoth died a long time ago, but scientists gave her cells a short second life in mouse egg cells.
This Ecologist Finds Clues to Anthropocene Survival in Ice Age Extinctions
Whether she’s reconstructing the Pleistocene world or advocating for a more inclusive science community, Jacquelyn Gill is all about interdisciplinary approaches.
Ancient Floridians Butchered Mastodons and Maybe Kept Pet Dogs
Archaeologists found a 14,500-year-old underwater site that rewrites history.
‘Far Cry Primal’ Is a Stone Age Setback for Open-World Gaming
Ubisoft's first-person series arguably peaked with 2008's 'Far Cry 2,' and a dip into prehistory can't shake up its tiring formula.
Speaking to the Professors Who Invented the Prehistoric Languages of ‘Far Cry Primal’
The University of Kentucky's Andrew and Brenna Byrd are responsible for the Wenja and Izila you hear in Ubisoft's new game.
New Evidence Suggests Early Humans Hunted America's Large Mammals to Extinction
“Compared to other animals we have a disproportionately heavy hand, and a huge impact.”
Dear Ubisoft, Please Don’t Fuck Up 'Far Cry Primal,' Thanks
It's my favorite series from you guys, and if you dare turn it into another 'Assassin's Creed,' well, I know where you work.
A Michigan Farmer Found a Near-Complete Mammoth Skeleton in His Field
The animal may have been killed, butchered, and stored by humans some 11,000 to 15,000 years ago.
Here's What Caused Megafauna Like the Mammoths to Go Extinct
Overhunting by humans has long been blamed for killing off the megafauna, but new research shows it might have been climate change, providing a sober history lesson about the impacts of a warming world.
The Mission to Clone the Woolly Mammoth
Whether or not we can clone a mammoth is the simpler question. The big one is: should we?