Museum of Human Evolution – The building
Hairy snail found in 99-million-year-old chunk of amber
How come they had hair? Its utility? Scientists think that Mesozoic land snails probably benefited from their fine hairs. Would it make them more attractive?
Donkeys were domesticated 7,000 years ago in Africa
The origin of domestication has been a mystery for many years. A recent genetic analysis sheds new light on this beginning.
They find the remains of an ostrich-like dinosaur weighing more than 800 kilos
This gigantic creature was an ornithomimosaur and lived in North America about 85 million years ago.
Oldest Known Neanderthal Family Discovered
They have identified the remains of a father, his teenage daughter and two 59,000-year-old relatives in a cave in Russia thanks to DNA.
Neanderthals Were Carnivores, Claims New Study
Analysis of the tooth of an individual from 150,000 years ago suggests that their diet consisted exclusively of meat.