A 7.2-million-year-old femur found in Bulgaria reveals early signs of upright walking and reopens the debate on human origins.

“Ankle bones of Purgatorius exhibit features that indicate it lived in trees, so we initially thought its absence south of Montana could be related to the sweeping devastation of forests from the ...

Not all fossils are mineralized bones. Some fossils are of feathers, such as the ribboned tail feathers of a tiny dinosaur. Others reveal ancient burrows, nests, teeth marks, and footprints. These are ...

For the first time, researchers have digitally reconstructed the facial fragments of the individual, who belonged to the Australopithecus genus ...

Mushrooms have been used by ancient humans for millennia, but archaeologists have only just uncovered their pivotal role in ...

A nearly complete dinosaur skeleton discovered in Patagonia is helping scientists crack the mystery of alvarezsaurs, a bizarre group of bird-like dinosaurs. The fossil of Alnashetri cerropoliciensis ...

President Donald Trump's nominee for a senior State Department position withdrew from consideration on Tuesday after his controversial comments about Jewish ‌people and diminishing white power stirred ...

Researchers discovered that a 215-million-year-old reptile started life on four legs and switched to two as an adult.

A Triceratops named “Trey” has been a popular exhibit at the Wyoming Dinosaur Center in Thermopolis for 30 years. Now on the auction block, it has ...

Tiny fossil teeth from Colorado are revealing new clues about the very first relatives of primates, including humans.

Elon Musk is on board with the idea of having a real-life Jurassic Park. While he didn’t offer to fund the idea himself, he ...

Colgate University’s Lifelong Learning Program (LLP) hosted Associate Professor of Anthropology Elana Shever for her presentation “What Are the Dinosaurs Doing There? Dinosaur Paleontology from Disney ...