Homo erectus skulls from China’s Yunxian archaeological site revealed ages close to two million years—a million years older ...

After years of analysis, the animal turned out to be an entirely new species — one that lived millions of years longer than ...

What did the face of our ancestors look like three million years ago? Our international team has answered this question by ...

Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the University of Southampton, and specializes in animal behavior, evolution, palaeontology, and the environment. Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the ...

After an ancient mass extinction wiped out ocean life, what came next? A quarry in China just answered that question.

Professor Loren E. Babcock examines the key processes of fossilization in paleontology, highlighting the critical role of ...

The authors of the study examining the fossil of Haolong dongi at the Anhui Geological Museum in Hefei, China. © Thierry Hubin © Thierry Hubin Production of this ...

The dome-headed dinosaur is easily one of the most standout-looking creatures of the Cretaceous period. The image of their hardy dome-heads has slowly seeped into the public imagination via movies ...

A study by Dr. Gianpiero Fiorentino and his colleagues, published in the Journal of Paleontology, describes the identification of a new species of ant, Hypoponera electrocacica, belonging to the genus ...

Paleontologists have made an exciting discovery with the uncovering of a 15-million-year-old fish fossil in the Australian desert. This extraordinary specimen, found in the renowned McGraths Flat ...