Researchers hope the "exquisitely preserved" fossil will cast new light on an enduring mystery in paleontology.

Palaeontologists have pieced together the brain structure of a bird that lived 80 million years ago named Navaornis hestiae, ...

Putting together the puzzle of human evolution sometimes comes down to about 32 pieces–our teeth. Several fossil teeth dating ...

Perhaps most importantly, Lucy’s discovery foreshadowed a series of fossil finds that filled in the scientific picture of her species. By 1978, enough evidence had accumulated to establish Lucy as the ...

Uncover the golden fossil of Lomankus edgecombei, a 450-million-year-old arthropod, offering rare insights into ancient ...

An international study has found assumptions on the sex and relationships of individuals found in the ruins of the ancient ...

By analyzing microfossils — fossils about the size of a thumbnail — within the limestone, researchers found that the tiny ...

Later, when describing the discovery in the journal Nature, the team named the new species Homo floresiensis [PDF]. This ...

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San Diego Sheriff's Office Authorities in California say a missing 50-year-old woman has been found safe after she spent almost two days lost in San Diego's backcountry. Family members called ...

“As well as having their beautiful and striking golden color, these fossils are spectacularly preserved,” study co-author and University of Oxford paleontologist Luke Parry said in a statement. “They ...

It happened at Fossil Ridge High School in Fort Worth, Keller ISD said. Parents received an email from the district officials Monday afternoon detailing what happened. The district said it ...