Our early human ancestors had a much greater adaptability to survive in extreme environments than previously thought.

Not simply Roman propaganda, new research has found that women were at the centre of social networks in Celtic communities and may have been influential in many spheres of Iron Age life.

Thousands of years ago, people on what is now the Danish island of Bornholm threw hundreds of mysteriously carved stones into a ditch before burying them. The research has been published in Antiquity.

Octopuses tend to keep secrets, but we've just learnt how they achieve their extraordinary dexterity. The research has been published in Nature Communications.