Fossil
Stone handaxes found in Galilee show early humans valued aesthetics of their tools - study
The axes were dated to the Pleistocene, likely made by Homo erectus, the first human species to evolve to have a humanlike body shape and gait, who had lived in the region thousands of years ago.
Fossils of a new species of huge dinosaur Spinosaurus unearthed in Niger
Fossils found in Moroccan cave may be a close Homo sapiens ancestor
A newly discovered species complicates the human origin story
Meet 'Pink': The 1.4-million-year-old face changing Europe's human story
Researchers say the fossil suggests a previously unknown human species lived in Europe over one million years ago.
Discovering the leaf-eating, tree-clinging mammal of the Paleocene
Skeleton shows Mixodectes pungens lived in trees and primarily ate leaves during the Paleocene epoch, highlighting its unique ecological niche after the dinosaurs.
Meet Chadititan calvoi: The Graceful Titanosaur Newly Unveiled in Patagonia
Paleontologists uncovered fossils of a new species of long-necked, plant-eating dinosaur named Chadititan calvoi in northern Patagonia.
Scotland's most complete dinosaur fossil extracted from Isle of Skye cliff
Bone analysis reveals the Elgol dinosaur is a 166-million-year-old ornithopod.
Scientists discover six new fossil eggshell types in Utah's Mussentuchit Member
Study provides earliest evidence of multiple oviraptorosaurs co-existing in North America.
125-million-year-old, palm-sized scorpion fossil discovered in China
The fossil has been named Jeholia longchengi after its discovery site in the Jehol Biota of Longcheng District in Liaoning Province.
Zealandia’s bee: 14.6-million-year bee fossil found in New Zealand's Hindon Maar
Paleontologists believe that Leioproctus barrydonovani inhabited broadleaf forests surrounding a Miocene maar lake—a crater formed by a volcanic explosion.
778,000-year-old animal tracks found on Isla de las Palomas
Over 600 fossilized footprints of species like elephants and giraffes suggest Tarifa was a transit corridor in the Early Pleistocene.
The contraband found by French customs–dynosaur teeth
The seized fossils include teeth from extinct marine reptiles like mosasaurus and zarafasaura oceanis.
Ancient proteins reveal male Australopithecus africanus, oldest hominin found in Sterkfontein Caves
The Australopithecus africanus specimen is the oldest hominin analyzed for sex using palaeoproteomics.
