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

A previously misidentified Triassic cynodont has been confirmed as a new species, revealing a surviving lineage of early mammal relatives.

New fossil discovery reveals 535 million-year-old worms, annelids, that were already crawling and swimming, reshaping early ...

The latest research on a Neanderthal infant from Amud Cave in Israel is giving a clearer picture of how different early ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American Sometimes it’s difficult to avoid feeling a ...

Tiny dinosaur fossils that puzzled scientists for over 20 years have finally revealed their true identity. Rather than ...

A new examination of teeth from 11 Neanderthal and early human fossils shows that modern humans are slower than our ancestors to reach full maturity (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, ...

At first, it just looks like another rough fossil oyster pulled from an ancient riverbank. Then the saw goes through it, and ...

Fossil horn corals. The corals are about 450 million years old and represent a group of marine organisms commonly found in the fossil record. The specimen is part of the collection of the UW-Madison ...

A recent announcement that a fossil discovery in India was just residue from a bee’s nest was a reminder of the importance of science correcting itself. By Joshua Sokol At its best, paleontology opens ...