Remarkable images show a test tube blood sample from a female of the long-extinct species.
Finds dating back 50,000 years could be missing link in understanding man's origins.
Young boy was laid to rest all alone with two iron knives, his feet trampling on reindeer bones, wearing elaborate headdress decorated with iron rings.
The ancient mummy of a mysterious young woman, known as the Ukok Princess, is finally returning home to the Altai Republic this month.
Satellites show giant hole ringed by 20 'baby craters'.
Scientists close to precise dating of the Shigir Idol, twice as ancient as the Egyptian Pyramids.
New study reveals icy climate conditions in pre-historic times.
Mummified archer turns up in remote museum after locals refused to hand him over to the Hermitage in St Petersburg.
But who were the mysterious Paleolithic artists of these rock drawings?