Prehistory
Scientists Solve 30,000-Year-Old ‘Venus’ Statue Mystery, Study Says
The famous Venus of Willendorf came from a faraway place in a process that may have begun 31,000 years ago.
Scientists Spent Years Pretending to Be Neanderthals Catching Birds by Hand
Scientists caught hundreds of birds in Spanish caves by net and by hand over the course of years, to prove a point about how Neanderthals lived.
The Oldest Bread Ever Found Dates Back 14,400 Years and Predates Agriculture
The discovery suggests that Natufian hunter-gatherers baked bread from wild grains long before it was cultivated from crops.
Prehistoric Women Were Probably Very Ripped
A new study of prehistoric bones reveals how much manual labor they did.
This Extinct Wolf-Sized Otter Demolished Prey With Its Forceful Bite
This 110-pound otter that lived 6 million years ago had a powerful bite, and was likely a top predator.
Inside the World of the 'Bitcoin Carnivores'
Why a small community of Bitcoin users is eating meat exclusively.
This Beautiful Ancient Poop Contains Triassic Fish Bones and Beetles Wings
The land before potty time.
Feast Your Eyes on These Artistic Visions of Earth's Prehistoric Past
Upside-down unicorns are involved.
This Ice Cream Cone Shaped Creature Finally Has a Home on the Tree of Life
20-year-old Toronto undergrad Joe Moysiuk helped solve a paleontological mystery.
This 'Pickled' Dinosaur Brain Was Miraculously Preserved for 133 Million Years
“We are simply amazed that we have any structures present given how delicate these things are.”
Turns Out a Meteor Just Finished Off the Dinosaurs. They Were Already Fucked
If you were a dinosaur in the late Cretaceous period, the last thing you needed was a meteor.