Researchers say they have identified a new species of ancient hominin, Homo juluensis, that could help solve another big ...

Research led by the Department of Sociology & Anthropology at Ohio University has found evidence of hominin activity at a ...

Paleontologist Caleb Brown said that the fossil is "exceptionally uncommon"—not least because the pterosaur was a juvenile.

Paleontologists suspect that the earliest dinosaurs may have lived in regions that are simply too remote to have been ...

For many years, it was widely believed that fossils no longer contained any original organic molecules as the fossilization ...

Scientists have unveiled a giant horned dinosaur from Egypt called Tameryraptor markgrafi after discovering lost photos of fossils destroyed in WWII.

Firstly, it refutes the hypothesis that any organics found in fossils must result from contamination. “Secondly, it suggests that cross-polarized light microscopy images of fossil bones ...

The 20,000-year-old fossilized bones of "Ushikawa Man," thought to be some of Japan's most ancient human fossils ... Human fossil remains have also been found on Japan's Ryukyu Islands ...

A cache of human-like fossils from China has perplexed scientists for decades, defying explanation or categorization.Related video above: Human skeletons and other treasures found in the ancient ...

A cache of human-like fossils from China has perplexed scientists for decades, defying explanation or categorization.Related video above: Human skeletons and other treasures found in the ancient ...

DNA analysis of that tiny fossil led to the 2010 finding that it represented a distinct ancient human population, which scientists dubbed the Denisovans. Many people alive today carry traces of ...