Geologists unveil how Britain first separated from Europe – and it was catastrophic
Almost half a million years ago a huge flood started breaking the apart the land bridge that joined England and France.
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Ice ‘lightning’ may have helped life survive Snowball Earth
Scientists have figured out how microbes may have found food when trapped beneath ice for millions of years.
Revealed: how a wobbly axis helped our planet escape ‘snowball Earth’
Glaciers once covered most of Earth’s surface and reflected the sun’s heat back into space.
Mice with woolly mammoth traits could pave the way for the resurrection of an ice age giant
The “woolly mice” have the thick, shaggy hair of mammoths, along with a fat metabolism gene.
Neanderthals were sprinters rather than distance runners, our study surprisingly suggests
A new study suggests Neanderthals may have lived in woodlands rather than tundras, meaning they were most likely sprinters.
How to hunt a giant sloth – according to ancient human footprints
How we discovered ancient footprints of early human hunters and their megafauna prey.
Hothouse Earth: our planet has been here before – here’s what it looked like
What can we expect from our future climate after looking at the ‘Hothouse Earths’ of the past?
With Netflix’s Ancient Apocalypse, Graham Hancock has declared war on archaeologists
The new ‘docuseries’ makes grand claims about our ice age ancestors. Here’s why you should proceed with caution.
When record heat feels strangely normal
Climate change isn’t just altering the weather – it’s altering our perceptions.
What an ancient volcanic eruption teaches us about resilience today
Even in dire circumstances, people and communities have choices about how best they can adjust, collaborate and forge new social structures.
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