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Stone tools in Ukraine dated to 1.4 million years ago may be the earliest solid evidence of humans in Europe, a new study reveals. The makers of these tools likely weren't Homo sapiens but a close, now-extinct relation. Scientists analyzed finds from the archaeological site of Korolevo in western Ukraine, where researchers have unearthed stone tools, such as choppers, from the Paleolithic (2.6 million to 10,500 years ago) since the site's discovery in 1974.  The artifacts at Korolevo were made by hominins — the group that includes modern humans and the extinct species more closely related to humans than any other animal — but it's unknown which species created them. Other hominins reached Europe long before Homo sapiens did. While modern humans left Africa as early as about 270,000 years ago , now-extinct human species had already migrated from Africa to Eurasia by at least 1.8 million years ago . The oldest artifacts at Korolevo were stone tools left on a riv...

In an extгаoгdіпагу archaeological find that has captivated the scientific community, researchers have uncovered the remarkably well-preserved fossil of a сoɩoѕѕаɩ 13-foot-tall sloth, affectionately named “The Um.” This іпсгedіЬɩe discovery sheds light on a prehistoric Amazon where ɡіɡапtіс creatures roamed, rewriting our understanding of the ancient ecosystems that existed millions of years ago. Dating back 29 million years, The Um belongs to a ѕрeсіeѕ of sloth previously unknown to science. Its towering stature сһаɩɩeпɡeѕ conventional notions of sloths as small, slow-moving creatures, providing a glimpse into a bygone eга when the Amazon was home to a diverse array of megafauna. The fossil ized remains of The Um include well-preserved bones, allowing scientists to reconstruct its size, anatomy, and likely behavior. This charismatic giant sloth is believed to have been a herbivore, navigating the lush landscapes of the prehistoric Amazon with its towering fгаme. The signif...

This giant pearl could be the biggest ever found in the world and five times larger than the previous record – after being handed in by a fisherman. The man, who has not been identified, found the priceless 34kg gem ten years ago in sea off the coast of Palawan Island, Philippines. He didn’t know the potential eye-watering value of $100 million and kept it as a ‘good luck charm ’ in his rundown wooden home. The un-named fisherman discovered this two-foot-long pearl which weighs 34kg and could be worth as much as $100 million after it was discovered off the coast of the  Palawan Island, Philippines inside a giant claim more than a decade ago But a fire at the property earlier this year forced him to have a clear out and move house. The fisherman handed it in to the stunned local tourism officer in remote Puerto Princesca who verified that it had been found in a giant clam. The priceless rock measures a staggering 1ft foot wide and 2.2 feet long – dwarfing the current wo...

A new species of carnivorous theropod dinosaur has been identified from the fossilized remains discovered in the 1990s in northeastern Utah and Wyoming, the United States. A group of Allosaurus jimmadseni attacks a juvenile sauropod dinosaur. Image credit: Todd Marshall. The newly-discovered dinosaur belongs to Allosauridae, a group of small to large-bodied, two-legged carnivorous dinosaurs that lived during the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods. Dubbed Allosaurus jimmadseni , the species inhabited the flood plains of western North America during the Jurassic period. The ancient creature was 8 to 9 m (26-29 feet) long and had a mass of around 1.8 metric tons. It had relatively long legs and tail, and long arms with three sharp claws. At 155 million years old, Allosaurus jimmadseni is the geologically-oldest species of Allosaurus predating the more well-known Allosaurus fragilis . The new species is distinguished by a number of unique features, including low crests ru...

Fossil of New Dinosaur Species Found in Egypt’s Desert Paleontologists from Mansoura University have unearthed a fossil of a new species of dinosaur in the Dakhla oasis in central Egypt that lived nearly 80 million years ago. Scientists call the finding an “incredible discovery,” describing it as critical for science. The remains of the animal indicate that the dinosaur was a plant-eating Cretaceous Period creature, which paleontologists call Mansourasaurus Shahinae. Findings show that the dinosaur was about 10 meters long and weighed 5,000 kg and was a member of a group called titanosaurs that included the earth’s largest-ever land animals. “Its remains […] are the most complete of any mainland African land vertebrate during an even larger time span, the roughly 30 million years before the dinosaur mass extinction 66 million years ago,” said paleontologist Hesham Sallam of Egypt’s Mansoura University, who led the study published in the journal Nature Ecology and Evol...

A 10-year-old boy in China who was out playing near a lake accidently uɴᴇᴀʀтнᴇᴅ a ғossιʟιzᴇᴅ egg that led to the discovery of a very rare ᴅιɴosᴀuʀ nest that is 66 million years old. The find is just the latest in a city that has become famed for its number of ᴅιɴosᴀuʀ finds, especially ғossιʟιzᴇᴅ eggs. The discovery was made in the city of Héyuán, in the province of Guangdong.  Zhang Yangzhe was playing on an embankment, near the Dong River under the supervision of his mother when he made the find. According to Ladbible ‘‘he was trying to find something that could crack open walnuts’’.  Zhang loves science and has always been fascinated by ᴅιɴosᴀuʀ, so this was the find of a lifetime. ‘Strange Stone’ in the Soil While digging in the soil, the boy saw a “strange stone” reports the Sun. The stone was ʙuʀιᴇᴅ in the red soil and he dug it up very carefully. The Daily Mail reports that ‘‘at first he thought the rock had ‘circles’ on its surface’’.  His first impression was th...

The marine Animals of the Devonian period, over 100 million years before the first dinosaurs, tended to be small and meek, but Dunkleosteus was the exception that proved the rule. This huge (about 30 feet long and three or four tons), armor-covered prehistoric fish was probably the large st vertebrate of its day, and almost certainly the large st fish of the Devonian seas. Reconstructions can be a bit fanciful, but Dunkleosteus likely resembled a large , underwater tank, with a thick body, bulging head, and massive, toothless jaws. Dunkleosteus wouldn’t have had to be a particularly good swimmer, since its bony armor would have been sufficient defense against the smaller, predatory sharks and fish of its briny habitat, such as Cladoselache. Because so many fossils of Dunkleosteus have been discovered, paleontologists know a good deal about the behavior and physiology of this prehistoric fish. For example, there’s some evidence that individuals of this genus occ...

The marine Animals of the Devonian period, over 100 million years before the first dinosaurs, tended to be small and meek, but Dunkleosteus was the exception that proved the rule. This huge (about 30 feet long and three or four tons), armor-covered prehistoric fish was probably the largest vertebrate of its day, and almost certainly the largest fish of the Devonian seas. Reconstructions can be a bit fanciful, but Dunkleosteus likely resembled a large , underwater tank, with a thick body, bulging head, and massive, toothless jaws. Dunkleosteus wouldn’t have had to be a particularly good swimmer, since its bony armor would have been sufficient defense against the smaller, predatory sharks and fish of its briny habitat, such as Cladoselache. Because so many fossils of Dunkleosteus have been discovered, paleontologists know a good deal about the behavior and physiology of this prehistoric fish. For example, there’s some evidence that individuals of this genus occ...