Fossilized bones and teeth dating to 773,000 years ago are providing a deeper understanding of the emergence of Homo sapiens.

Fossils unearthed in Morocco are the first from a little-understood period of human evolution and may be remains of a ...

Exceptionally preserved fossils from the Ediacaran period challenge what scientists thought was possible in sandstone. In the fossil record, creatures without hard shells or skeletons, such as ...

A trio of jawbones, a leg bone, and a handful of vertebrae and teeth found in Morocco may represent one of the last common ...

The Moroccan fossils now provide tangible evidence from this mysterious transitional period. What makes these fossils particularly significant is the precision with which they can be dated. The ...

Trace fossils, the preserved records of biological activity, provide a unique window into the interactions between ancient organisms and their sedimentary settings. By recording behaviours such as ...

Fossils of a human ancestor from 773,000 years ago may be near the base of the Homo sapiens lineage, representing a common ...

Fossils from Qatar have revealed a small, newly identified sea cow species that lived in the Arabian Gulf more than 20 million years ago. The site contains the densest known collection of fossil sea ...

DENVER — One of the most complete Triceratops fossils ever unearthed is now being shown at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science. On Friday, the museum announced its historic discovery of the fossil ...