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

Authorities are investigating the discovery of a skull and other human remains found along a remote dirt road in the Mojave Desert this week, officials confirmed. The remains were discovered around ...

Investigators are working to determine the identity and cause of death of a person whose skeletal remains were found along a remote stretch of desert road near Barstow this week. The bones, which ...

RABAT — A newly announced fossil discovery is further cementing Morocco’s central place in the prehistory of humanity. On Jan. 7, Moroccan and international researchers revealed the unearthing of ...

Fossils of Homo habilis juveniles show evidence they were attacked by crocodiles and eaten by large carnivores, revealing the dangers faced by early humans. The octopus is attached to her leg Rock the ...

A little known scientific experiment saw ancient human remains launched beyond Earth to study how extreme space conditions affect fossilized bone. Researchers examined radiation exposure, microgravity ...

One of the weirdest animals that ever lived may have been a scavenger. A re-examination of fossils first described in the 1970s seems to show a swarm of Hallucigenia feeding on the corpse of a comb ...

(CNN) — Fossils unearthed in Morocco from a little-understood period of human evolution may help scientists resolve a long-standing mystery: Who came before us? Three jawbones, including one from a ...

Jawbones and other remains, similar to specimens found in Europe, were dated to 773,000 years and help close a gap in Africa’s fossil record of human origins. By Franz Lidz Researchers on Wednesday ...

A trio of jawbones, a leg bone, and a handful of vertebrae and teeth found in Morocco may represent one of the last common ancestors of Neandertals, Denisovans and modern humans. “We can say that the ...

One of three jawbones excavated from Thomas Quarry in Morocco that is 773,000 years old. - Hamza Mehimdate/Programme Préhistoire de Casablanca Fossils unearthed in Morocco from a little-understood ...