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Researchers reexamining fossils identified telltale marks made by human ancestors cutting meat from bones. The discovery ...

Researchers reveal Prototaxites, a giant Devonian fossil, was not a fungus or plant but a unique extinct lineage.

Its spiky yellow head and tiny arms, however, come from a bird fossil. As cute as Arctozolt is, perhaps it’s best not to make ...

There isn’t much that can match the thrill of searching for Pokémon fossils, eager to find one that will offer your favorite of the bunch. Or perhaps you’ve done no research and just like the ...

Found at the Sima del Elefante site in the Atapuerca Mountains, the fossils make up a partial skull comprised of the left side of the face of an adult hominin. The mineralized bones are the ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) New fossil discoveries in the Himalayan foothills of northern India have revealed ancient carnivorous mammals, including mustelids, viverrids, and felids. Among ...

But since the 1990s, thousands of fossils with feathers and fur have been discovered. In some cases, traces of melanosomes – cell organelles that contain the pigment melanin – can be seen when ...

Arjan Mann, a paleontologist at the Field Museum of Natural History who specializes in Mazon Creek fossils, is studying what he thinks might be a new species of salamander ancestor. This fossil is ...