Winter Is ComingEarly Humans May Have Survived the Winter by Sleeping Through It, Fossils Show Researchers suggest early humans hibernated after discovering fossils that show bone growth stopped for months at a time every year. By Rajvi Desai
Ancient WonderOne of the Most Extensive Collections of Prehistoric Rock Paintings Discovered in the Amazon "The pictures show how people would have lived amongst giant, now extinct, animals, which they hunted." By Devrupa Rakshit
Reviewing HistoryArchaeologists Find Remains That Suggest Gender Equality in Ancient Hunter‑Gatherer Societies 9,000 years ago, women were hunting big game alongside men, researchers believe. By Aditi Murti
Will History Repeat Itself?Climate Change Drove the Extinction of Other Early Human Species: Study "Surprised by the regularity of the effect of climate change" on early human species, the scientists called it a "thunderous warning message." By Devrupa Rakshit
First Steps ForwardTwo Sets of Footprints May Be Earliest Known Evidence of Humans on the Arabian Peninsula This discovery sheds further light on early humans' migration patterns out of Africa. By Aditi Murti
Of Wars And Bone DealersHow Paleontologists Uncovered the Mystery Behind World’s First Swimming Dinosaur Dubbed "river monster," the 50-foot-long Spinosaurus used a tail to move and hunt in water. By Rajvi Desai
A Rocky Patch of TimeMuch of the Earth’s History Is Uncertain, Say Scientists Studying Rock Formations These 'unconformities' also provide scientists a framework to understand climatic change. By Aditi Murti
She Can FightHunter‑Gatherer Women Were Warriors, Not Just Nurturers, Say Scientists Some women were buried with their weapons, upending assumptions about gender roles in prehistoric societies. By Aditi Murti