ARCHAEOLOGY

The find is the first in its group – which includes dinosaurs – to have given birth to live young.

As ceramics cooled, the magnetic minerals in them would align with the geomagnetic field.

Cannibalism: A Perfectly Natural History explores extinction theory of modern humanity's ancestor.

The stones were broken to destroy their symbolic power, but the fragments were treasured.

Archaeologists found a fragment of parchment tucked away in a corner of the cave.

Archaeologists also found monumental remains that could be associated with a palace and a temple.

Geoglyphs in the Amazonian forest were not created via large-scale deforestation.

Architectural historian digitally reconstructs castle to show what it would have looked like in the 1600s.

The Blekinge is thought to have sunk in 1713, at the height of Sweden's war with Russia and its allies.

The tomb was found next to that of another high-level official who lived during the reign of Amenhotep III.

People in the Primorye region of Russia have remained genetically isolated for millenia.

Haematite made from dinosaur blood acted as an antioxidant to preserve the protein collagen, palaeontologists say.

The pterosaur Hatzegopteryx had a thick stocky neck that allowed it to eat very large prey.

The creature lived 540 million years ago, looked like a sack and probably didn't have an anus.

The use of modern techniques has revealed images that the cave's 20th Century discoverers couldn't spot.

Looking at how ancient civilisations reacted to climate change may help understand present challenges.

Plato's dialogues and archaeological work point to Atlantis' location adjacent to the strait of Gibraltar.

One of the skeletons buried in the leprosy cemetery in Winchester appears to have been a pilgrim.

Many of the specimens found at the site are incredibly rare, with soft body parts preserved including bones.

The skeletons were discovered in the university's New Museum site, which is due to undergo renovation soon.

Twenty-nine bodies of children were analysed for signs of disease in the ancient necropolis of Saqqara.

The newly discovered species lived alongside dinosaurs at Egg Mountain in Montana, US.

One theory put forward suggests that the man had mental health issues and severed his own tongue.

One of the most detailed chronologies of the Maya civilisation at Ceibal, Guatemala, shares a light on its collapses.

The race is now on to find the remaining piece of the enormous 7th century Cypriot divinity.

Huge species was as big as a wolf and is thought to be the largest otter to have ever lived.

More than 300 tombs were recovered in the town of the Bouc-Bel-Air.

The structures were discovered near Birka, the first Viking town in Sweden.

The astonishingly well-preserved mummy of the iceman reveals that he ate local goat before he died.