A tiny sharp-toothed rodent that roamed the earth 220 million years ago has emerged as a missing ancestor of today's mammals. The rat-like creature - called a cynodont after its…
A huge, venomous tropical spider with a skull on its back has been found in a second supermarket in Germany by terrified workers, also in a box of bananas from…
This huge, venomous spider from the tropics with the likeness of a skull on its back has been found in a box of bananas at a German supermarket. The discovery…
Gravediggers preparing the ground for a new cemetery in Mexico were shocked to discover the plots were already in use as they contained the 10,000-year-old remains of a mammoth. The…
Experts in China have unearthed what could be the world's oldest human remains ever discovered, dating back as far as 331,000 years. AsiaWire has spoken to one of the paper's…
Experts in China have unearthed what could be the world's oldest human remains ever discovered that could date back as far as 331,000 years. Experts in China discovered and restored…
From just the fragment of a 70,000-year-old neanderthal's skull found off the coast of Holland, experts have reconstructed the ancient human ancestors face and even given him a smile. In…
The face of a woman whose skull from 9,500 years ago showed evidence of the first brain surgery ever is being reconstructed as a wax model and going on display…
This incredibly well-preserved 2,000-year-old body of a resident of Pompeii was found with hair still on the man's skull and part of his ear intact, leading archaeologists to describe it…
This is the moment a cloud of smoke was photographed coming from a Mexican volcano, with locals seeing it as a reminder of the imminent 'Day of the Dead' festival…