A new study suggests the extinction of Neanderthals nearly coincided with a shift in Earth's magnetic field that let more ...

Imagine standing on a rugged cliff, the wind whipping past as you gaze at ancient lava fields, fossilized dinosaur footprints ...

Dr Neil Clark, a real life palaeontologist ... on a timeline to show how a species can change or develop over millions of years. The timeline shows how short a time humans have lived on Earth ...

In this feature, explore the history of life on Earth as we know it today, from the earliest bacteria to the first modern humans. To launch the interactive, click on the image at left.— ...