Fossils are the backbone—oftentimes literally—of researching the far past. And because most of human evolution took place ...

Diprotodon dates back to the Pleistocene epoch and is a giant relative of wombats and koalas. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.

A team of researchers and geologists discovered a number of animal fossils from the Late Pleistocene epoch during a recent excavation of To Chong cave in Tambon Ao Nang.The dig was carried out by ...

Paleontologists found the bones of both predator and prey animals from the Pleistocene epoch (2.6 million to 11,700 years ago), including brown bears, foxes, wolves, mammoths, rhinos, yaks, deer ...

Photo from the Illinois State Museum. At the end of the Pleistocene Epoch, 2.6 million to 11,700 years ago, a ground sloth that stood 8 to 10 feet tall went extinct.

It was once known that the entire home planet saw mountain glaciers forming, and this was known as the "Ice Age" or the Pleistocene Epoch, believed to last from 2.58 million to 11, 700 years ago.

A recent study in Norway unveils 75,000-year-old animal remains, challenging previous assumptions about Ice Age megafauna ...

Photo from the Illinois State Museum. At the end of the Pleistocene Epoch, 2.6 million to 11,700 years ago, a ground sloth that stood 8 to 10 feet tall went extinct.