Throughout Siberia, ancient cave paintings have been discovered that depict an array of extinct megafauna. These works of art offer an intriguing glimpse into the prehistoric era, illuminating the ...

The extinction of the Pleistocene megafauna may be people’s fault after all, according to a recent study. A team of archaeologists recently examined animal bones at sites dating to the waning years of ...

Scientists have unravelled a mystery about the disappearance of dwarf hippos and elephants that once roamed the picturesque landscape on the Mediterranean island of Cyprus before palaeolithic humans ...

Australia’s First Peoples were more early paleontologists than extinction-driving butchers, a group of scientists argue. For decades, the debate over whether the first humans to inhabit present-day ...