Fossilized bones and teeth dating to 773,000 years ago are providing a deeper understanding of the emergence of Homo sapiens.
For more than 70 years, what were thought to be mammoth fossils were tucked away in the archives of the University of Alaska ...
The growth plates, known as specimens UAMN3760 and UAMN3724, were discovered near Fairbanks in the early 1950s. University of Alaska Museum of the North In the early 1950s, naturalist Otto Geist ...
Far below the surface of Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula, a flooded labyrinth of limestone tunnels has quietly guarded one of the most haunting fossil troves of the Ice Age. In the darkness of a ...
When the remains of prehistoric creatures were discovered in Europe and the United States, it opened up a vociferous debate on the nature of time and the purpose of science. A lithograph ...
The first hyrax fossil tracks and traces ever to be discovered were identified on South Africa's coast. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s ...
The rare species of prehistoric predator was found in southern England. A new species of ancient "sword dragon" marine reptile has been discovered in a set of fossils found in England, ...
A new pterosaur species was recently discovered in the vomit of a dino. But that's just the start of revelations from prehistoric excretions. Millions of years ago, a predator like spinosaurus ...
Researchers took samples from the bones of two Liaoningosaurus fossils to test this. One of them was the largest specimen discovered so far, while the other was one of the smallest. The team ...