Prehistory

Near perfect skull of apex predator reveals its 'meat cleaving bite'
  • Animals
Near perfect skull of apex predator reveals its 'meat cleaving bite'
Near perfect skull of apex predator reveals its 'meat cleaving bite'
Why the ‘missing link’ fossil was almost missed
  • History & Culture
Why the ‘missing link’ fossil was almost missed
Why the ‘missing link’ fossil was almost missed
These 5 ‘living fossils’ still roam the Earth
  • Animals
These 5 ‘living fossils’ still roam the Earth
These 5 ‘living fossils’ still roam the Earth
An asteroid may have turned ancient Earth into a snowball
  • Science
An asteroid may have turned ancient Earth into a snowball
An asteroid may have turned ancient Earth into a snowball
Haunted Appalachia? The monsters here are as old as time
  • Environment
Haunted Appalachia? The monsters here are as old as time
Haunted Appalachia? The monsters here are as old as time
Visiting Texas? Here’s what the locals love.
  • Travel
Visiting Texas? Here’s what the locals love.
Visiting Texas? Here’s what the locals love.
Visit Algeria’s little-known ‘museum of prehistoric art’
  • Travel
Visit Algeria’s little-known ‘museum of prehistoric art’
Visit Algeria’s little-known ‘museum of prehistoric art’
A hike through history in Pembrokeshire's Preseli Hills
  • Travel
A hike through history in Pembrokeshire's Preseli Hills
A hike through history in Pembrokeshire's Preseli Hills
Who were the Neanderthals—and why did they go extinct?
  • History & Culture
Who were the Neanderthals—and why did they go extinct?
Who were the Neanderthals—and why did they go extinct?
Menorca’s ‘houses of the dead’ reveal these ancient secrets
  • Travel
Menorca’s ‘houses of the dead’ reveal these ancient secrets
Menorca’s ‘houses of the dead’ reveal these ancient secrets
Stonehenge's spirit, captured with a 21st-century drone
  • Photography
  • Behind the Cover
Stonehenge's spirit, captured with a 21st-century drone
Stonehenge's spirit, captured with a 21st-century drone
Who were these ‘Queens of the Stone Age’?
  • History Magazine
Who were these ‘Queens of the Stone Age’?
Who were these ‘Queens of the Stone Age’?
These are some of Europe’s most sacred sites
  • Travel
These are some of Europe’s most sacred sites
These are some of Europe’s most sacred sites
Inspire young minds with these winter getaways
  • Travel
Inspire young minds with these winter getaways
Inspire young minds with these winter getaways
This archaeologist hunts DNA from prehistoric diseases
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  • Innovator
This archaeologist hunts DNA from prehistoric diseases
This archaeologist hunts DNA from prehistoric diseases
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