When and where did our ancestors first fashion footwear? We cannot look to physical evidence of shoes for the answer, as the perishable materials from which they were made would no longer be evident.

A groundbreaking discovery in central Bolivia has confirmed what may be the most extensive dinosaur footprint site ever recorded. Researchers have documented nearly 18,000 fossilized tracks in ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: The Carreras Pampa tracksite at Torotoro National Park is now the largest recorded site for dinosaur tracks. Despite a record-breaking amount of ...

The chance discovery of fossilized animal tracks high in the Maroon Bells Wilderness has caused a flurry of excitement in the scientific community and is helping geologists gain a fuller understanding ...

The quest to uncover our ancestors' first fashion footwear has led archaeologists to an intriguing path. Traditional physical evidence of ancient shoes has long since faded in history due to their ...

SAN FRANCISCO — Rocks that seem to propel themselves across desert landscapes have long mystified and intrigued scientists. Now, researchers have identified tracks of these so-called sailing stones ...

Fossilized footprints found on a beach in southern Spain betray what may have been a nursery for an extinct species of elephant. The track-rich coastal site, which scientists have dubbed the ...

After spending weeks underwater, ancient dinosaur tracks — dating back to 104 million years ago — have reemerged at Government Canyon State Natural Area in San Antonio, according to a Facebook post ...

70 million years ago, the arid landscape of central Bolivia used to be lush and humid. What are now dry sandstone beds were once lakes, and at the edge of one of these shallow, freshwater lakes, ...

Possible shod hominin tracks in the Garden Route National Park, South Africa. Credit: Charles Helm When and where did our ancestors first fashion footwear? We cannot look to physical evidence of shoes ...