Archaeology

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 …

About 7,000 years ago, a small group of Stone Age people sat around a fire, next to a …

Despite their public image as torpid, lumbering creatures, many dinosaurs were evidently warm-blooded, highly active animals, capable of …

The islands of Southeast Asia record a long and dynamic human history of technological innovation, migration, and conflict …

Imagine walking on the beach and stumbling upon something extraordinary. That’s precisely what happened when a young schoolboy …