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Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Life on Earth began over four billion years ago, not long ...

There’s unique, and then there’s the pangolin. These incredible creatures resemble something from prehistoric times with their protective suit of armor. However, it isn’t just how they look that sets ...

Ever wonder how saber-toothed cats and other extinct creatures behaved? Well, a team of scientists unearthed ancient footprints that offer insight into how various prehistoric animals lived as far ...

Archaeologists in southeastern Turkey have unearthed a remarkable set of 11,500-year-old carved stone animals – a fox, a vulture, and a wild boar – offering unprecedented insight into how prehistoric ...

Shards from the Baltic region showed higher traces of freshwater fish, with some regions also including berries, sea beetroot, flowering rush, beets, and sea club-rush tubers. There were also traces ...