Once, long ago, a little reptile going about its business plopped itself down in the mud before getting up and carrying on ...

Nyasasaurus parringtoni may take the crown as the oldest dinosaur fossil known to science. It lived during the Middle Triassic around 243 million years ago, and left behind remains that predate other ...

A tadpole fossil, dating back over 160 million years, has been identified as the oldest ever found. Measuring an impressive 16 cm, this ancient specimen, discovered in Argentina, also forces ...

Two fossil skulls discovered in Yunxian, northern China, are now dated to approximately 1.77 million years ago, making them ...

They open up the possibility of an evolutionary link with the oldest known Homo sapiens fossils – those from Jebel Irhoud in Morocco, dated to around 315,000 years ago. These discoveries help clarify ...

The planet Earth is about 4.5 billion years old. The oldest fossils on earth are still over 3 billion years old, though. Take a look at the 3.5-billion-year-old fossil and see why it’s the oldest ...

Scientists have unearthed in Mongolia the oldest and most complete fossil of a pachycephalosaur, a group of dinosaurs known for their dome-shaped skulls, according to a new study published Wednesday ...

Ancient fossils reveal the oldest known vertebrates had four eyes. Remarkably preserved fossil specimens show they could see the world using four camera-type eyes, reshaping our understanding of how ...

SCIENTISTS have made a cracking discovery after uncovering mysterious impressions of reptile skin from almost 300million ...

Artist’s reconstruction of the oldest known vertebrate's four eyes. (Xiangtong Lei & Sihang Zhang via SWNS) By Dean Murray Ancient fossils reveal the oldest known vertebrates had four eyes. Remarkably ...