Proteins extracted from fragments of prehistoric eggshell found in the Australian sands confirm that the continent's earliest humans consumed the eggs of a two-meter tall bird that disappeared into e… [+5039 chars]
Yep they were flying too! If you were to magically be transported to Earth millions of years ago, half your time was likely to be (not) wasted in running away from dinosaurs that roamed the land. Thi… [+1738 chars]
A 390 million-year-old, fish-like creature with four limbs is probably not who you'd expect to find in your family tree. But a new study has shown that the creature, called Palaeospondylus gunni, c… [+6877 chars]