Archaeology

More than 380 million years ago, a sleek, air-breathing predatory fish patrolled the rivers of central Australia. Today, …

The idea that two different human species, Homo sapiens (us) and Neanderthals, co-existed in western Eurasia 50-40,000 years …

Giant creatures are usually associated with dinosaurs, woolly mammoths, or mystical beasts. But if you go back though …

Rock art is one of the most intriguing records of the human past — it directly represents how …

Baleen whales are the titans of the ocean, the largest animals to have ever lived. The record holder …

In June, evolution researchers, led by palaeoanthropologist Lee Berger, published sensational claims about an extinct human species called …

Today, Australia is home to 17 species of hawks and eagles. But the fossil record shows some other, …

Excavations on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi have uncovered two unique and deadly artifacts dating back some 7,000 …

Dingoes are an iconic Australian wild animal with close links to First Nations Australians throughout the mainland. Yet …

Our species, Homo sapiens, migrated out of Africa multiple times. They reached the Levant and Arabia between 130,000 …