Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific developments and more. A hobbit-sized prehistoric man who lived on the Indonesian island of Flores until about 50,000 years ago is surprising scientists in more ways than one. Homo floresiensis, the scientific name for the extinct species, was … Read more
If there is a general lesson to be learned from the prehistoric bestiaries of our children’s libraries, it is this: if you want to go extreme, go prehistoric. If you are curious about, say, the largest land animal that ever existed on Earththen you shouldn’t be surprised—or disappointed—to hear that it’s an extinct species. Titans … Read more
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific developments and more. A piece of woolly mammoth skin excavated from the permafrost of Siberia contains fossil chromosomes, the first discovery of its kind, a new study shows. Researchers unearthed the 52,000-year-old remains in 2018 near the village … Read more
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific developments and more. The largest monkey ever was almost three meters tall and weighed almost twice as much as a gorilla. Why and when the legendary behemoth – which has captivated the popular imagination as “the real King … Read more
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific developments and more. The largest monkey ever was almost three meters tall and weighed almost twice as much as a gorilla. Why and when the legendary behemoth – which has captivated the popular imagination as “the real King … Read more