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

A new study by the University of Minnesota challenges previous classifications paleontologists use to determine how the ...

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

A popular and widely-promoted claim that dinosaur fossils inspired the legend of the griffin, the mythological creature with a raptorial bird head and wings on a lion body, has been challenged in a ...

A new analysis of enigmatic skulls from the Republic of Georgia suggest that Homo erectus wasn't the only human species to ...

A fossil once hailed as evidence of a unique mosasaur species, Xenodens calminechari, may be a forgery, a new study claims. The 72-million-year-old fossil, described in 2021, includes a partial ...

Learn how fossil evidence shows that ceratopsians lived across Europe during the Late Cretaceous, challenging long-held ...

Learn how precisely dated fossils from Morocco reveal a population with a mix of archaic and emerging traits, helping clarify ...

Paleontologists are being forced to compete with rich collectors for access to dinosaur skeletons. When it comes to T. rexes in particular, the outcome is predictable, and science is suffering, a new ...

Back in 1988, Heather and Michael Trask dug up a set of fossils near the banks of the Puntledge River. The fossils were from an ancient animal that had a long neck, powerful jaws, and sharp teeth, ...

(NewsNation) — More Tyrannosaurus rex fossils are landing in the hands of wealthy private collectors through the luxury auction market, which is affecting how many of the treasured species are being ...

Painting of a griffin, a lion-raptor chimaera, alongside the fossils of Protoceratops, a horned dinosaur. The latter are said to have informed the lore and appearance of the former, but our study ...