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Scientists Discover Stunning Evidence of Multiple Lost Prehistoric Societies
Researchers analyzed more than 100 pieces of prehistoric jewelry and found that the ancient past was more complex than we imagined.
A Monumental Prehistoric Discovery In Siberia Rewrites Human History, Scientists Say
Researchers report dating of the world's oldest known fort in Siberia to 8,000 years ago, shifting conceptions of what foraging societies were like.
Archaeologists Discover Vast, Complex Prehistoric Society That Rewrites History
The prehistoric peoples of Central Europe didn't disappear after their social order collapsed in 1600 BC. They spread, and thrived.
Archaeologists Keep Unearthing Mysterious 'Giant' Prehistoric Hand Tools
"There's no evidence that people at this time had much bigger hands... which makes it hard to imagine how the tool could have been easily handled."
In Breakthrough, Scientists Resurrect Prehistoric Molecules in Search of Modern Medicine
The antibiotics of tomorrow might just have their origins in the deep past thanks to a new class of compounds called "paleofurans."
A 'Giant' Prehistoric Insect Was Accidentally Rediscovered at a Walmart
The giant lacewing is a relic from the Jurassic, and wasn't spotted in eastern North America for 50 years—until a researcher took a trip to Walmart.
Forbidden Doot: Scientists Blew an 18,000-Year-Old Conch and Recorded It
The conch is the oldest known shell instrument in the world, and this is what it sounds like.
Ancient Graves Reveal Wealth Gap Existed Even in the Stone Age
The Neolithic times had the haves and the have-nots too.
Climate Change Killed the ‘Siberian Unicorn,’ Study Says
This Eurasian giant weighed 7,700 pounds and likely had the largest horn of any rhino, extinct or living.
This Is the Oldest Drawing by Humans Ever Found
Dating back 73,000 years, the drawing smashes the record for oldest figurative drawing by about 30,000 years.
Monster Otters, Motörhead Crocs, and Zuul: The Best Paleo Art of 2017
As chosen by an artist who draws dinosaurs for a living.
There's Now a Nasty, Prehistoric Crocodile Named After Lemmy
Lemmysuchus was named by Dr Lorna Steel, a Motörhead fan who is definitely a real person.