New Gobi Desert Fossil Rewrites a Chapter of Mammal Evolution
Tamirkhan balcarceli (skull and partial hindlimb) – credit, Nicole Wong / © AMNH A remarkably well-preserved fossil from…
‘Earliest evidence’ of elephant butchery at Olduvai Gorge shared in new study
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Elephants are widely adored by many people today — but…
‘Earliest evidence’ of elephant butchery at Olduvai Gorge shared in new study
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Elephants are widely adored by many people today — but…
1.4-Million-Year-Old Footprints Reveal a Giant Human Relative
One of the large, 1.4-million-year-old footprints that the team excavated. A 6-inch (~15 cm) ruler is shown for…
567-Million-Year-Old Fossils Suggest Animals Evolved Earlier Than We Thought
Reconstruction of a hypothetical deep-water paleocommunity from the new fossil site in Canada’s Northwest Territories, based on fossils…
17-Million-Year-Old Ape Fossil in Egypt Could Change What We Know About Human Origins
Reconstruction of Masripithecus moghraensis by Mauricio Antón. Credit: Professor Hesham Sallam Researchers have identified a previously unknown fossil…
Scientists Discover the Oldest Known Fossils of Humans’ Closest Invertebrate Relatives
A deuterostome cambroernid fossil from the Jiangchuan Biota (~554-539mya), plus artist’s reconstruction (scale bar: 2mm). Credit: Gaorong Li…
Boy Finds 2 Million-year-old Tooth From Elephant Ancestor on Beach Walk
Mom holds Anancus arvernensis molar found on beach –SWNS An 11-year-old boy made a once-in-a-lifetime discovery after finding…
Why Evolution Stalled for Millions of Years Before Suddenly Exploding
Artist’s impression of an Ediacaran animal community. Credit: Hugo Salais A new study suggests evolution stayed stuck for…
The largest scorpion to walk the Earth was the size of a baseball bat
Imagine a huge scorpion the size of a baseball bat, scrambling over mossy rocks and around large, treelike…
The largest scorpion to walk the Earth was the size of a baseball bat
Imagine a huge scorpion the size of a baseball bat, scrambling over mossy rocks and around large, treelike…
Sex jumpstarted Earth’s animal biodiversity
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