A newly discovered fossil site in southwest China has transformed our understanding of how complex animal life emerged on ...
Hundreds of Chinese fossils from the dawn of animal evolution may change how scientists think of this critical period of ...
Researchers argue that a newly examined specimen found decades ago in Utah provides new clues to the ancestors of ...
For tens of thousands of years, two species — Neanderthals and anatomically modern humans — shared vast landscapes.
A broken tooth lodged deep in bone can outlast the animal that lost it. In two whale skulls from Belgium, those fragments ...
A major gap in South Korea's prehistoric record has been filled with the discovery of Onggwanoolithus aphaedoensis, the first ...
A fossil found in northern Egypt from a new species, Masripithecus moghraensis, is changing long held ideas about ape and human origins.
Researchers have recovered more than 700 fossil specimens.
New fossils suggest early apes originated in Africa, strengthening evidence that all modern apes trace their roots to the ...
New clues about our earliest ancestors suggest they may have reached Eurasia sooner than scientists once thought. Fossils found in Romania hint that hominins left Africa nearly two million years ...
A fossil discovery from Alabama reveals a rare and dramatic glimpse into the dangers of Cretaceous oceans, where even top predators were vulnerable.