Archaeologists in China’s Yunnan province unearthed stone tools crafted in a style associated with Neanderthals that hasn’t ...

Researchers reveal Prototaxites, a giant Devonian fossil, was not a fungus or plant but a unique extinct lineage.

A remarkably complete plesiosaur fossil found in southern Germany is shedding light on the early evolution of these iconic ...

The oldest ancient human fossils outside Africa so far are 1.8 million years old. Those fossils were discovered in Dmanisi, Georgia, considered to be the crossroads between Asia and Africa ...

Archaelogists work on excavation at level TE7 of the Sima del Elefante site at Sierra de Atapuerca ...

March 12 (Reuters) - Scientists have unearthed in Spain fossilized facial bones roughly 1.1 million to 1.4 million years old that may represent a previously unknown species in the human ...

Credit: Carolin Haug. Scientists have discovered the oldest fossil evidence of insect larvae with highly developed eyes, revealing that some ancient larvae had advanced vision much earlier than ...

At an outcrop north of Sydney, Australia, the research team unearths a rock covered in fossil leaves of the extinct ‘seed ... By understanding how ancient plant ecosystems weathered extreme climate ...

MCNP says a new-to-science species of ancient shark was discovered through a Paleontological Resource Inventory (PRI) in the park. Researchers identified the new species of obruchevodid petalodont, ...

The team analyzed fossils that point to a serious Neanderthal population ... Ongoing investigations into the shape of ancient ear canals may continue to reveal how genetics guided the lives of these ...