Many known hominin fossils defy species classification, with the most famous example being the ever-enigmatic Denisovans. A ...

(Subsequent fossil discoveries revealed that ... She ignited a new stage in human origins research. What she did, most importantly, was she broke the 3 million-year time barrier, and the site ...

The discovery by American paleontologist Don ... While there are now fossil hominins twice as old as Lucy, she remains a paleoanthropological rock star. Made up of 47 bones from the same individual, ...

Newly discovered insect fossils are so small they can barely be seen by the human eye but have been preserved in an ...

Australia's forest ecosystems, renowned for their extraordinary diversity of rare plants and animals, also play a vital role ...

About 3.2 million years ago, among the prehistoric forests of what is now Ethiopia, a small human was folded into the fossil ...

Interestingly, New Zealand is the only nation with a fully cataloged, open-source database of its identified fossil specimens ...

Scientists have revealed the discovery Homo Juluensis, a mysterious, large-headed ancient human species, in provocative new ...

Researchers hope the "exquisitely preserved" fossil will cast new light on an enduring mystery in paleontology.

Discover a 10-million-year-old juvenile crocodile fossil found in Peru's Pisco Basin, a rare and historic find.