A new way of analysing fossils has revealed more about animals and environments of ancient times, when humans were evolving.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Antelope bone fragment in rock from the 3-million-year-old early human site, Makapansgaat (South Africa). (CREDIT: Timothy Bromage ...

Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the University of Southampton, and specializes in animal behavior, evolution, palaeontology, and the environment. Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Several fossils with possible cut marks from Grăunceanu, Romania. Briana Pobiner Looking again through the magnifying lens at the ...

W e were already familiar with fossilised droppings, called coprolites. But a recent discovery shows that regurgitation can also become fossilised. At the Bromacker paleontological site in Germany, a ...

What happened to all the megafauna? From moas to mammoths, many large animals went extinct between 50 and 10,000 years ago. Learning why could provide crucial evidence about prehistoric ecosystems and ...

We were already familiar with fossilised droppings, called coprolites. But a recent discovery shows that regurgitation can also become fossilised. At the Bromacker paleontological site in Germany, a ...

Metabolism quietly governs every living body. It shapes how organisms grow, reproduce, heal, and age. Because metabolism links closely to body size, temperature, and diet, it also sets limits on how ...