A new study from the University of Kansas complicates the picture of primates living in North America some 55 million years ...

Human ancestor fossils unearthed in Spain point to grim secret of first Europeans - Findings shed light on the biology, ...

A 113-million-year-old marine murder mystery may finally be solved. Using chemical clues locked inside microscopic fossils, ...

Scientists have discovered an extinct amphibian from the ice age at Los Angeles’ La Brea Tar Pits. The fossils shed light on ...

Scientists found deformed head shapes in fossilized humans show their infants were probably just as helpless as babies born ...

A spectacular fossil site in Canada contains 567-million-year-old creatures that may represent some of the earliest animals to move, reproduce sexually, and develop recognizable body plans. The ...

Learn more about the newly discovered Homo antecessor fossils from Spain's Gran Dolina cave, which suggest that cannibalism ...

Deep inside flooded caves, animal bones can remain remarkably intact for decades or even centuries. Yet researchers have lacked a reliable way to determine how the remains of extinct megafauna and ...

An unexpected treasure trove of sunken warships and prehistoric fossils have been uncovered by Europe’s record-breaking ...

Long-lost Otodus megalodon vertebrae have reopened questions about the giant shark while exposing the vulnerability of museum ...