Petroglyphs some 7,000 years older than earlier thought with ancients artists using same style in Siberia and Mongolia.

'Sensational' find of two cubs, the best preserved ever seen in the world, announced today.

Examination of ancient cave lion cub offers prospect of 'oldest-ever breast milk'.

Eminent Siberian archeologist Professor Mikhail Shunkov challenges Western claims casting doubt on this being the work of ancient Denisovans.

Tantalising studies now underway to establish if one of two carcases preserved by permafrost has traces of world's oldest mother's milk.

Geysers, active volcanoes, thermal lakes, mountains, Pleistocene glaciers, cascading rivers... and a lot of bears! 

Finds dating back 50,000 years could be missing link in understanding man's origins.

Toe bone DNA research uncovers the sexual relationships of cave-dwellers from Altai foothills in Siberia.

Thermometers go above zero in places where the winter should be 20 or 30 degrees colder.