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Findings suggest human ancestors spread across Asia earlier, faster and possibly more successfully than commonly believed

Neanderthals remained in southern Iberia far later than once thought, with evidence from Gorham's Cave placing their occupation between roughly 33,000 and 24,000 years before present. The cave, set into the eastern face of the Rock of Gibraltar, preserves a sequence of sediment layers that separate late Neanderthal activity from…

Relative of modern alligators is known to have fed on a diet of dinosaurs

It’s refreshing, groundbreaking and absolutely piles up the gags. The return of autistic heroine Nina is a very happy one indeed

Nina has a big decision to make in the tummy-tickling show Dinosaur. Plus: the finale of hit prison drama Waiting for the Out. Here’s what to watch this evening

Hold onto your butts, Netflix subscribers!

Dan Coggins makes the drive section of his award-winning Cogmeister powerhouse available as a pedal of its own

Researchers have found some of the biggest dinosaur footprints ever. They are so huge that an adult could curl up inside one without a problem. It’s wild to imagine, honestly. This kind of find really turns our old ideas about prehistoric life on its head.

You never really expect to stumble across dinosaur bones while fixing up a parking lot, but that’s exactly what happened at Dinosaur National Monument, on the border of Colorado and Utah. Workers were just doing some routine upgrades near the Quarry Exhibit Hall when they hit a layer of sandstone…