New study of fossilized bones rewrites history of early human ancestors

Almost 2 million years ago, a young ancient human died beside a spring near a lake in what is now Tanzania, in eastern Africa ...

AI reveals which predators chewed ancient humans’ bones – challenging ideas on which ‘Homo’ species was the first tool-using hunter

Traditionally, paleoanthropologists believed that Homo habilis, as the earliest big-brained humans, was responsible for the earliest sites with tools. The idea has been that Homo habilis was the ...
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127-year fossil mystery finally solved by scientists

For over a century, a peculiar fossil has been a source of intrigue and debate among paleontologists. Its unusual ...
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Scientists find ant fossil is so rare they compare it to finding a diamond

A tiny Caribbean ant fossil, Basiceros enana, trapped in amber reveals a lost species and rewrites the evolutionary history.

Unusual Fossil Discovery Rewrites the History of Freshwater Fish

New research finds that ocean-dwelling fish entered freshwater environments on several occasions, evolving enhanced hearing abilities in the process. When ancient marine fish transitioned from ...
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P.E.I. fossil hunter finds animal footprint estimated at 290 million years old

An amateur fossil hunter in Prince Edward Island has found an animal footprint believed to be the oldest of its type ever ...

Dinosaur ‘mummies’ help scientists visualize the fleshy details of these ancient animals

A clay layer one-hundredth of an inch thick preserves the fleshy details of dinosaurs buried suddenly in east-central Wyoming ...

Wyoming dinosaur 'mummies' reveal a surprise: Hoofed feet

Edmontosaurus, which munched plants with its broad and flat snout that vaguely resembled a duckbill, roamed western North ...