Near perfect skull of apex predator reveals its 'meat cleaving bite'
Some were the size of a dog. Others were as large as polar bears. A newly-discovered fossil of the ferocious hyaenodont is ...
Viking skulls inspected with CT scans reveal severe morbidity
Sweden's Viking Age population appears to have suffered from severe oral and maxillofacial disease, sinus and ear infections, ...
Prehistoric creature — with ‘armor’-like skin — accidentally discovered. See new species
For a group of paleontologists in Brazil, luck and intuition during a 2013 research expedition led to the discovery of a new species — from 120 million years ago. More than a decade ago, a research ...
18,000-Year-Old Human Bones Show Disturbing Signs of Cannibalism
Researchers examine evidence of manipulation of human remains from Maszycka Cave. An international research team, including ...
Scientists Rescued the 15-Million-Year-Old Skull of a Hypercarnivore From Obscurity
Scientists have discovered a nearly complete skull of a Hyaenodonta, a hypercarnivore that that lived during the Oligocene ...