In just the last several months, de-extinction—bringing back extinct species by recreating them or organisms that resemble ...

A new study reveals that Stone Age humans in Germany operated a 'fat factory' to extract nutrients from animal bones.

The team also found the mandibles, and a femur fragment, of straight-tusked elephants (Palaeoloxodon antiquus), alongside a wealth of fossils, including those of aurochs, red deer, woolly rhinoceroses ...

65 miles southwest of Chicago, a small hill that looks like a prop from an Indiana Jones contains many of the world’s best-preserved, most diverse fossils.

Ancient cave paintings, have become invaluable records of animal species that once roamed Earth alongside our ancestors.

Discoveries from a well-preserved Archaeopteryx fossil reveal new insights into early bird evolution, showcasing unique features like specialized feathers and an immobile skull.

Fossil evidence from sites in Africa shows clear signs of big cat predation on early hominids, with distinctive tooth marks on fossil bones. This predatory pressure created intense selective forces ...

A peculiar spiny fossil, once thought to represent one of the earliest mollusks, has now been conclusively reclassified by scientists from Durham University and Yunnan University as something ...

The study and discovery of fossils has always been an interesting aspect of science to researchers, as each discovery gives them a glimpse into life from millions of years ago. While fossils have ...

The new findings potentially give scientists a “ready-made trove of fossil candidates” to explore.

Life Fossil claimed to be new species of mosasaur is suspected forgery A jawbone found in a Moroccan mine was thought to be a novel species of marine reptile from the Cretaceous period, but other ...

Researchers determine the genome of all subspecies of the extinct aurochs and show the history of its development into domestic cattle / publication in ‘Nature’ ...