New fossil evidence from China suggests that some of our vertebrate ancestors had four eyes. The study, published in Nature, ...

An international team of scientists from South Africa, Canada, France and the UK has uncovered fossil evidence of a tiny ...

Scientists refine the timeline of sponge origins, showing soft-bodied ancestors likely evolved later than some chemical ...

A seven-million-year-old fossil may mark the moment our ancestors first stood up and walked.

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

A recent fossil discovery is offering new insights into what pterosaurs actually ate, challenging long-held assumptions about these ancient rulers of the skies. In a study published in the ...

Jawbones and other remains, similar to specimens found in Europe, were dated to 773,000 years and help close a gap in ...

Learn how microscopic fossils reveal that tiny seafloor organisms were already feeding and recycling nutrients soon after one ...

New clues about our earliest ancestors suggest they may have reached Eurasia sooner than scientists once thought. Fossils found in Romania hint that hominins left Africa nearly two million years ...

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

Fossil evidence suggests that an enormous lizard once dominated prehistoric landscapes, surpassing all modern reptiles in ...

Ridley Scott may have been ridiculed for portraying gladiators riding rhinos and scrapping with sharks in his latest film. But it seems the real Roman fighters did pick fights with a colourful array ...