Scientists have unravelled a mystery about the disappearance of dwarf hippos and elephants that once roamed the picturesque landscape on the Mediterranean island of Cyprus before palaeolithic humans ...

New archaeological research has discovered for the first time clear links between fossils of the iconic Australian dingo, and dogs from East Asia and New Guinea.

Tens of thousands of devotees gathered in Mumbai on Tuesday to bid farewell to the Hindu god Ganesha after a ten-day festival celebrating his birth.

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Pig-sized hippos and elephants the size of horses once roamed the lush forests of Cyprus – until humans arrived.

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How exactly the woolly mammoth died out 4,000 years ago is something of a mystery, but a study presents a compelling new ...

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