Archaeologists in Israel unearthed prehistoric hand axes that Homo erectus crafted from stones including fossils and crystals ...

The discovery of a collection of about 700 fossils known as the Jiangchuan Biota gives scientists a better understanding of ...

Geologists have solved the mystery of the disappearance from the geological record, millions of years ago, of one of North ...

Step inside this free Illinois museum and come face to face with a mastodon, explore deep-time history, and discover hands-on ...

Location: The three units of John Day Fossil Beds National Monument are located northeast of Bend near the small towns of Fossil, Mitchell and Kimberly. In the earliest days of Oregon statehood, ...

A groundbreaking discovery of fossils has provided scientists with an unprecedented insight into a pivotal moment in Earth's history: the transition from rudimentary plant and animal life to the ...

Discover surprising geological wonders in Illinois, from fossil beds to strange rock formations, each with a unique story ...

It might not be a coincidence that one of the most interesting geologic locations in the world is also palaeoanthropology’s ...

A rare fossil discovery is shedding light on the “missing years” of early sponge evolution. Scientists found a ...

Eastern Africa's Turkana Rift is both a hotbed for fossil discoveries of our earliest ancestors and a literal hotbed of ...

In a single day, scientists announced three landmark geological discoveries: 700 fossils in China pushing back the origins of complex life, the lab-grown creation of dolomite solving a 200-year-old ...

If you trace the animal family tree back through the fossil record, the trail usually goes cold about 539 million years ago. Before this boundary—the start of the famous Cambrian explosion—multicelled ...