Prehistoric

160 million years later: This rare fossil is overturning everything we knew about how birds evolved

Research on the Anchiornis specimen reveals hidden feather structures that contradict old theories on dinosaur flight. Scientists are now re-evaluating how and when animals first took to the skies.

160-million-year-old Anchiornis fossils.
Neanderthals ate maggots from rotting meat, new research finds. Illustration.

Oldest-known fire-making found in Britain, pushing Neanderthal mastery back 415,000 years

Stone age site in Germany yields Europe's oldest blue pigment, rewriting prehistoric art palette.

Stone age site in Germany yields Europe's oldest blue pigment, rewriting prehistoric art palette

 Scientists reconstruct face of 10,000-year-old prehistoric woman found in Belgian cave.

Scientists reconstruct face of 10,000-year-old prehistoric woman found in Belgian cave


100,000 years ago, modern humans leaving Africa passed through the Negev

A small site found near Dimona has presented an abundance of flint tools carved with the special ‘Nubian Levallois’ technique.

Flints found near Dimona, in the Negev, summer 2020

Israeli researchers discover prehistoric humans 'canned' bone marrow

The discovery is the earliest evidence of delayed consumption.

Skin removal on the proximal part of the metapodials and tendons removal in combination with skinning during the experimentation

See the face of your 100,000-year-old ancestor

Israeli team used DNA to design first Denosivan replica

Portrait of a female Denisovan teen

Israeli scientists discover earliest modern human fossils outside Africa

Jawbone puts Homo sapiens migration 50,000 years earlier, say researchers.

The maxilla (upper jaw) found in a cave in Mount Carmel.

Rare 500,000-year-old archaeological site uncovered in central Israel

The site gives new insight into the lives of our hunter-gatherer ancestors

An archaeological dig in Jaljulia, near route 6