In a groundbreaking discovery, scientists have unearthed ancient magnetic fossils that suggest the existence of a long-lost ...

Newly discovered fossils prove that a mysterious foot found in Ethiopia belongs to a little-known, recently named ancient ...

With an opposable big toe resembling a human thumb, the fossilized Burtele foot suggested its owner was a skilled climber, ...

When physician Pedro Lucas Porcela Aurelio unearthed a fossil in Brazil's southern Rio Grande do Sul state in 2014, he could ...

Over the past decade, paleontology has entered a new era of rapid discovery and scientific transformation. Breakthrough ...

Ancient stone tools found on Sulawesi, an island in Indonesia, raises huge questions about early hominins ability to sail ...

Newly discovered fossils prove that a mysterious foot found in Ethiopia belongs to a little-known, recently named ancient ...

The discovery of Australia’s oldest known crocodile eggshells is giving UNSW scientists new insight into the animals and ecosystems that existed millions of years ago, long before Australia separated ...

A new fossil discovered at Woranso-Mille, Ethiopia, has revealed that Lucy’s species co-existed with another relative species ...

Newly identified bones tie the mysterious Burtele foot to a new Australopithecus species that lived alongside Lucy more than ...

Now, in a study published Tuesday called "Mystery owner of African hominin foot identified," the scientists announced that ...

Clint Boyd, North Dakota state paleontologist, shows off a mammoth tusk discovered at a coal mine near Beulah in 2023. He ...