A remarkable discovery in northern Kenya has provided the first direct evidence that two early human relatives, Homo erectus ...

The findings shed light on how organic molecules like collagen may survive for tens of millions of years within dinosaur ...

The remains have helped to fill in gaps in the fossil record and move science closer to understanding human evolution in ...

Megalodon may have been up to 80 feet long, but the colossal extinct shark was also probably thinner than scientists ...

New study challenges the theory that Neanderthals originated after an evolutionary event that implied the loss of part of ...

Neanderthal fossils show a major population drop 110,000 years ago. Researchers link this to reduced genetic diversity.

Researchers in Spain have discovered pieces of a fossilized face belonging to an ancient human ancestor. The fragments cannot ...

Eggshells found in Utah fill a 30-million-year fossil record gap and provide a snapshot of a time when dinosaurs were migrating from Asia to North America via a land bridge, according to a paper in ...

Megalodon pose a curious challenge to scientists because despite being one of the largest animals ever to grace the oceans, ...