A 410-million-year-old fossil of a giant prehistoric organism which once loomed over north-east Scotland has been added to ...

Fossilized bones and teeth dating to 773,000 years ago are providing a deeper understanding of the emergence of Homo sapiens.

A seven-million-year-old fossil may mark the moment our ancestors first stood up and walked.

Marine fossils discovered in England’s Peak District reveal detailed life from a tropical sea that covered the region 340 ...

A fossil dating back 410 million years has been identified as a new form of life as it goes on display at a Scots museum. ...

The Moroccan fossils now provide tangible evidence from this mysterious transitional period. What makes these fossils particularly significant is the precision with which they can be dated. The ...

Fossils unearthed in Morocco are the first from a little-understood period of human evolution and may be remains of a ...

Fossils dating back 773,000 years, discovered in a Moroccan cave, offer insights into the emergence of Homo sapiens. These remains include jawbones, teeth, and a thigh bone from potential ancient ...

Exceptionally preserved fossils from the Ediacaran period challenge what scientists thought was possible in sandstone. In the fossil record, creatures without hard shells or skeletons, such as ...

Everything old is new again: These paleontological discoveries of 2025 — from tiny dinosaurs to zombifying fungi — opened up brand-new insights into the distant past. Earth resonated with the song of ...