Almost all bones will not be preserved, and there’s nothing special about the finger bone in terms of how hard it is. It just got lucky,” said H ...

What if humans left their first mark on the Americas earlier than we think? An anthropologist said footprints uncovered here ...

A fossilized human jawbone discovered by a Taiwanese fisherman, sold to an antique shop, then recovered by researchers may reveal a new kind of prehistoric man. The unlikely find could be nearly ...

Fifteen years after the discovery of a new type of human, the Denisovan, scientists discovered its DNA in a fossilized skull.

A PETRIFIED BODY FOUND. Share full article. Dec. 28, 1884. ... this county, while digging recently in a low, marshy place on his farm, discovered a petrified human body.

Scientists have confirmed that fossilized footprints found in New Mexico are between 21,000 and 23,000 years old — meaning humans existed in North America much earlier than previously believed.

Fossilized face fragments are oldest human ancestor remains ever found in Western Europe The fossil is mysterious, however: It can't be conclusively identified as any known human ancestor species.

Archeologists unearthed fossilized bone fragments in a cave in Spain that may represent a previously unknown species — making it the oldest-known human fossil ever discovered in Western Europe.

Three fossilized footprints were left behind by the ancient human species Homo heidelbergensis and are the oldest discovered in Germany.

When we think of fossils, giant prehistoric creatures like dinosaurs may come to mind. But the fossil record also holds the remains of smaller ...