Scientists have digitally reconstructed the face of a 1.5-million-year-old Homo erectus fossil from Ethiopia, uncovering an unexpectedly primitive appearance. While its braincase fits with classic ...

The year's top paleontological wonders ranged from a 540-million-year-old penis worm to a decades-old rodent impression.

A remarkable fossil discovered in northern China suggests that multiple human species once shared the region around 150,000 ...

Learn more about the hidden molecules uncovered in animal fossils from an ancient human site, and the new view they give us ...

For more than a century, fossils meant bones, shells and the occasional imprint of a leaf. Now, a wave of research is showing ...

The tallest plants alive today can grow to over 100 meters tall. But they evolved from ancestors that were just a few ...

A 70 million year old dinosaur egg from China stunned scientists when it revealed glittering crystals inside, raising new ...

"The chances of finding one fossilized are practically zero," said one of the scientists who is researching the specimen Toria Sheffield joined the PEOPLE editorial staff in 2024. Her work as a writer ...

A fossil smaller than a human fingernail has revealed a complete ancient brain, turning a speck of stone into a detailed map ...

Some feathered dinosaurs may have lost the ability to fly, revealing that the evolution of flight was far more complex than ...

The fossil is estimated to be about 100 million years old. — -- The skeleton of a 100 million-year-old fish "with an incredibly swordfish-like head and monstrous teeth" has been unearthed in the ...