Exceptionally well-preserved fossils from the Cambrian period have helped fill a gap in our understanding of the origin and evolution of major animal groups alive today. A new analysis of fossils ...

The fossilized cranial fragments and teeth from China could explain the evolutionary history of monkeys and apes. In spite of years and years of sifting through the soil for fossil primates, ...

A new study led by researchers at Durham University have uncovered an incredibly rare and detailed fossil, named Youti yuanshi, that gives a peek inside one of the earliest ancestors of modern insects ...

Heléna Muirhead-Hunt has made an exciting discovery of a new fossil species called Edrathina obditchia in Newfoundland's ...

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When most people think about dinosaur fossils, they may picture the wide-open landscapes of Montana, Wyoming or the ...

PHILADELPHIA — The recent discovery above the Arctic Circle of remarkably well preserved fossils from a new species of ancient fish provides a key marker in the evolutionary transition of fish to ...

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