An international team of scientists from South Africa, Canada, France and the UK has uncovered fossil evidence of a tiny ...

Tyrannosaurus rex lived longer and took more time to reach its maximum size than previously thought, according to a new study ...

Cryolophosaurus was one of the earliest large carnivorous dinosaurs, thriving in what was once a cool, forested Antarctica. Fossil evidence shows it stood at the top of the food chain during a ...

Analysis - Our prehistoric human ancestors relied on deliberately modified and sharpened stone tools as early as 3.3 million years ago. The selection of rock type depended on how easily the material ...

Deep-sea sediment layers show rare microbial wrinkle structures that formed in environments far beyond the reach of sunlight. Dr. Rowan Martindale, a paleoecologist and geobiologist at the University ...

Learn how CT scans of fossil skulls were used to trace changes in brain regions and sensory priorities in ancient giant rats.

Little is known about why the woolly rhinoceros went extinct around 14,000 years ago. Scientists have found clues in the ...

Learning how pronghorn survived the climate changes that ended the ice ages anddrove so many other large mammals to extinction can help us adapt to our ownchanging climate.

Nature study examines hominin fossils from Thomas Quarry I, Casablanca Fossils show mixed archaic and derived traits, securely dated Findings highlight North Africa’s key role in human evolution ...

A new study led by researchers at the University of Oxford has shown that the shape and orientation of coastlines ...