A boy's 2008 find in South Africa led to Australopithecus sediba, an ancient human relative about 2 million years old.

Fossilised teeth across Europe had been wrongly identified until the latest find in south Wales.

A 2-million-year-old skull fragment from South Africa may be an adult Homo erectus, predating previously discovered fossils ...

Jeanerpeton mazonensis, an early ancestor of modern amphibians, looked like a salamander with the squat, chubby build of a ...

In Colombia, a fossil-collecting rancher has found a giant, flightless killer from 13 million years ago — and a missing link to the region’s evolutionary history. César Perdomo, a rancher and fossil ...

For over a century, the scientific literature has credited western missionaries with "discovering" fossils in Lesotho, the small, mountainous country surrounded by South Africa. Subscribe to our ...

Never-before-seen fossils of newly hatched crocodile-like creatures are shining new light on how our aquatic ancestors conquered land. Early four-limbed vertebrates (tetrapods), which would eventually ...

Teeth and bone fragments unearthed in a cave in China, along with animal bones and stone tools, help paint a picture of Denisovan life.

Think fewer flowers and more new prehistoric species named in your honor. Jeanerpeton mazonensis (aka “Jean’s crawler from ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Twenty years ago on an Indonesian island, scientists discovered fossils of an early human species that stood at about 3 1/2 feet (1.07 meters) tall — earning them the nickname ...

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