Rare fossils found along the Colorado River 'give us a fuller picture of what life was like during the Cambrian period,' says ...

One of the most complete human ancestor fossils ever found may belong to an entirely new species, according to an ...

Scientists have uncovered a treasure trove of fossils buried under Arctic mud for about 250 million years. These remains, ...

The year's top paleontological wonders ranged from a 540-million-year-old penis worm to a decades-old rodent impression.

Scientists may have cracked the case of whether a seven-million-year-old fossil could walk upright. A new study found strong ...

In recent decades, scientists have debated whether a seven-million-year-old fossil was bipedal—a trait that would make it the ...

In paleoanthropology, a rare, nearly-complete skeleton can rewrite entire chapters of the human origin story. The “Little ...

Fossils are invaluable archives of the past. They preserve details about living things from a few thousand to hundreds of millions of years ago. Studying fossils can help us understand the evolution ...

New study of 7-million-year-old fossils from Chad proves Sahelanthropus tchadensis walked upright while still climbing trees.

In rural Prentiss County, on a triangle of land cornered between a stretch of U.S. 45 and Twenty Mile Creek, Joanna Byrd ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. The world used more fossil fuels than ever last year, releasing even more greenhouse gases, according to an annual ...