Throughout the world, there are creatures that haven't evolved for millions of years, and these eight living fossils ...

Researchers hope the "exquisitely preserved" fossil will cast new light on an enduring mystery in paleontology.

This technique enabled scientists to create virtual microscopic slices through the teeth of this fossil. The exceptional quality of preservation of the growth structures in this specimen has made it ...

Signs of temporarily delayed tooth development in the skull of an ancient Homo species youth spark debate about the origins of humanlike growth.

3D reconstruction of the fossil skull of the sub-adult early Homo from the Dmanisi site in Georgia. The green, orange and red colors represent the preserved teeth (imaged respectively with the ...

Putting together the puzzle of human evolution sometimes comes down to about 32 pieces–our teeth. Several fossil teeth dating ...

Coelacanths are strange fish that are currently only known from two species found along the East African coast and in ...

From the formation of inner ear bones to the rise of hair to cover our bodies, these developments made us distinct from other ...

She said the Heleocola fossil — a piece of jawbone and three molar teeth — was discovered in the lab, in a slab of sandstone ...

Lucy’s discovery transformed our understanding of human origins. Don Johanson, who unearthed the Australopithecus afarensis ...

The 3.2-million-year-old human ancestor known as Lucy rose to fame through an incredible combination of circumstances ...

Analyses of the remains showed that Romaleodelphis pollerspoecki belongs to the group of toothed whales but differs ...