High-altitude mountain passes were not the kind of place to sleep out in the open during the Ice Age, and Neanderthals couldn’t afford to be picky when choosing a shelter while crossing the Alps. For ...

Casey Anderson credited forgetfulness and procrastination for the treasure-trove of footage the camera captured.

Russian scientists discovered the full carcass of a now-extinct species of bear earlier this month, its snout locked in a snarl after millennia in the frozen ground. “It is completely preserved, with ...

Hervé Bocherens says his colleagues find his research methods a little "crude." He dissolves 30,000-year-old animal bones in hydrochloric acid strong enough to burn through metal, soaks the bone ...