BUCHAREST (Reuters) – Romanian artefacts, including a 2,500-year-old gold helmet, were stolen from the Drents Museum in the Netherlands early on Saturday, the museum said. The Geto-Dacian artefacts ...

Humans are the only mammals with long hair on their heads. Scientists look into what drives this unique feature.

Franchthi Cave reveals insights into prehistoric Greek diet. Credit: wikimedia commons / efi tsif CC BY 4.0 A new study has shed light on the prehistoric Greek diet of the people living in Franchthi ...

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4. What makes this discovery significant? This tiny cat sheds light on the evolutionary adaptations of prehistoric mammals and helps scientists understand the diversity of life during that era. 5. How ...

Often overshadowed by their more famous prehistoric contemporaries like the woolly mammoth or the saber-toothed tiger, the Megatherium remains one of the most intriguing and majestic mammals of the ...

It’s a small, grayish brown mammal with a pointy nose. Aside from its size, it’s not particularly eye-catching, but it has a distinction that sets it apart from any other mammal in the state ...

Among the many creatures that inhabit our vast oceans, the Vaquita is a particularly intriguing and endangered marine mammal. Found only in the northern part of the Gulf of California, Mexico, the ...

But upon closer examination by experts, they found that it wasn’t just the head of any kind of wolf, but that of a prehistoric predator which lived 40,000 years ago during the Ice Age. “This is a ...

Pangolins are scaly, anteater-like mammals known for their long tongues, burrowing lifestyles and elusive habits. Throughout their homes in Africa and Asia, pangolins are threatened by poaching ...

Thawing ice has unveiled remains of a long-lost forest in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, indicating the profound changes that have influenced the area – and perhaps what might lie ahead ...

Scientists recently discovered dozens of 5,900-year-old whitebark pines beneath a melting ice patch in the Rocky Mountains. This prehistoric forest thrived hundreds of feet above the modern timberline ...