The latest research on a Neanderthal infant from Amud Cave in Israel is giving a clearer picture of how different early ...

A rare fossil discovery is shedding light on the “missing years” of early sponge evolution. Scientists found a ...

A previously misidentified Triassic cynodont has been confirmed as a new species, revealing a surviving lineage of early mammal relatives.

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American Sometimes it’s difficult to avoid feeling a ...

At first, it just looks like another rough fossil oyster pulled from an ancient riverbank. Then the saw goes through it, and ...

A new examination of teeth from 11 Neanderthal and early human fossils shows that modern humans are slower than our ancestors to reach full maturity (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, ...

The south coast of South Africa’s Western Cape province is a rich source of fossil tracks and traces – clues suggesting what ...

Fossil horn corals. The corals are about 450 million years old and represent a group of marine organisms commonly found in the fossil record. The specimen is part of the collection of the UW-Madison ...

By examining these chemical patterns in tooth enamel, we can determine whether animals primarily fed on trees and shrubs or ...

La Brea Tar Pits scientists have identified a previously unknown juniper species as Juniperus scopulorum, commonly known as the Rocky Mountain Juniper. The successful identification, along with the ...