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'Cradle of Humankind' Fossils Are 1 Million Years Older Than We Thought, Scientists Say
Particles from outer space helped refine the age estimates of South African ancestors of humans.
Melting Glacier Reveals Nearly Two Dozen Huge Ancient Sea Creature Fossils
Glacier melt due to climate change led researchers to 23 ithcyosaur fossils in Patagonia, including a 4 meter long fossil of a pregnant female.
Remains of Ancient Giant Sea Creatures Found In Swiss Alps
“Those that we find in the Alps are really kind of ghosts,” said the study's lead author. “We know they are there. We know they're giant."
Glowing Ancient Spider Fossils Offer Rare Glimpse of Extinct Life
"It was just an amazing rainbow of autofluorescence," said the lead author of a study on the spider fossils.
Discovery Dramatically Rewrites History of Life on Earth, Scientists Say
Scientists present more evidence for the oldest known fossils on Earth, which could bolster the search for alien life.
Scientists Discover the Long-Lost Continent ‘Balkanatolia’
The landmass existed 40 million years ago and may have facilitated the migration of Asian mammals into Europe.
The Biggest Flying Animal in the Jurassic Has Been Discovered in Scotland
With an eight-foot wingspan, the "spectacularly preserved" animal fills “a frustrating gap in the pterosaur record," reports a new study.
Scientists Discover Centuries-Old Arctic Creatures Surviving on Fossils
Sponges spotted a half a mile below the Arctic sea ice had researchers "jumping for joy" according to a study co-author.
Bizarre 890-Million-Year-Old Fossils May Be Earliest Known Animal Life
The stunning discovery could push the history of animal life back by hundreds of millions of years.
Scientists Find 20 Million-Year-Old Giant Predatory Nightmare Worm
Trace fossils reveal an “life and death struggle between predator and prey” that played in what is now Taiwan.
Scientists Discover 24-Million-Year-Old Megashark Hunting Ground in South Carolina
The site, where young prehistoric megasharks ate their fill to grow large, is the first ancient shark nursery in the U.S. to be confirmed with fossils.
A Profanity Filter Banned the Word 'Bone' at a Paleontology Conference
“Words like ‘bone,’ ‘pubic,’ and ‘stream’ are frankly ridiculous to ban in a field where we regularly find pubic bones in streams,” one participant said of the filter, which organizers had to thwart.