Researchers Barry W. M. van Bakel from Utrecht University and Àlex Ossó, an independent enthusiast of ancient crustaceans, have unearthed a remarkable fossil claw belonging… Read More »Giant 8.8 million-year-old crab fossil discovered in New Zealand
A 30 million year-old fossil whale may not be the heaviest animal of all time after all, according to a new analysis by paleontologists at… Read More »New analysis downsizes enormous 30-million-year-old fossil whale
After decades of puzzling researchers, a 280-million-year-old fossil known as Tridentinosaurus antiquus has been revealed, in part, to be a forgery, casting doubt on its… Read More »280-million-year-old fossil revealed as partly forged, raising questions about early reptile evolution
The evolution of bipedalism in fossil humans can be detected using a key feature of the skull—a claim that was previously contested but now has… Read More »Bipedal gait leaves telltale mark on skull, study confirms
In the fossil record, trees typically are preserved with only their trunks. They don’t usually include any leaves to show what their canopies and overall… Read More »350-million-year-old fossil offers new Insights into plant evolution with its bizarre crown shape
Vertebrates are defined as all animals that possess a vertebral column, or backbone. Most living vertebrates also possess jaws, teeth and paired fins or limbs.… Read More »365-million-year-old fish with world’s longest underbite sheds light on vertebrate evolution
Humans and our closest relatives, living apes, display a remarkable diversity of types of locomotion—from walking upright on two legs to climbing in trees and… Read More »Analysis of ancient ape inner ear sheds light on origins of human bipedalism
An international research team has retraced the astonishing lifetime journey of an Arctic woolly mammoth, which covered enough of the Alaska landscape during its 28… Read More »17,000-year-old tusk reveals epic 5,600-nile journey of woolly mammoth
The unique underwater kelp forests that line the Pacific Coast support a varied ecosystem that was thought to have evolved along with the kelp over… Read More »Kelp forests predate known ecosystem by 18 million years, nourishing extinct mammals
In a groundbreaking revelation, the earliest evidence of photosynthetic structures has emerged within a collection of microfossils dating back a staggering 1.75 billion years, as… Read More »1.75 billion-year-old fossils reveal ancient photosynthesis
An international research team has examined unusual skeletal structures of various European bird fossils from the Eocene. The bone surfaces of the approximately 40- to… Read More »Ancient birds wore bony neck armor to ward off predators
A groundbreaking study published on Nov. 22, 2023, in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Beniamino Mecozzi and colleagues from Sapienza University of Rome reveals… Read More »Modern hippos first dispersed in Europe during the middle pleistocene
Insects, those delicate and soft-bodied creatures, pose a significant challenge for preservation in the fossil record. Typically, when we find fossils of ancient insects, it’s… Read More »312-million-year-old fossil reveals earliest evidence of leaf mining by insects
A recent study has unveiled fascinating insights into the evolution of vertebrates’ brain protection mechanisms, thanks to the discovery of a 455-million-year-old fossil fish. Published… Read More »455-million-year-old fossil fish reveals new insights into vertebrate brain protection
In a recent study published in the Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, a team of international researchers has unveiled an astonishing discovery: the exquisitely… Read More »265-million-year-old fossil reveals South America’s biggest meat eater
In a groundbreaking discovery, scientists have unveiled a missing piece of the evolutionary puzzle hidden within 130-million-year-old rock formations. This remarkable revelation comes as the… Read More »130-million-year-old fossils reveal earliest deep-sea fishes
The fossil in question belongs to an oviraptorosaur, a group of bird-like theropod dinosaurs that thrived during the Cretaceous Period, the last era of the… Read More »First non-avian dinosaur found sitting on a nest of eggs with embryos
A recent study conducted by Dr. Thomas A. Stidham, Dr. LI Zhiheng from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP) of the Chinese Academy… Read More »Raven fossils found in beijing show they lived with ancient humans
A groundbreaking study published recently delved into 430,000-year-old fossils found in northern Spain, shedding light on the evolution of the human body’s size and shape.… Read More »430,000-year-old fossils reveal 4 stages of human body evolution
Karma Nanglu, a postdoctoral researcher at Harvard University, has found a new favorite animal: a 500-million-year-old fossil from the fascinating group of marine invertebrates known… Read More »500-million-year-old fossil reveals early evolution of tunicates