Researchers say the fossil found in Aberdeenshire is neither plant nor fungus as previously thought.

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

But this latest discovery seems to challenge that. It appears that Paranthropus had greater dietary flexibility than first interpreted, could adapt to a wide range of environmental conditions and was ...

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

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 ...

Researchers have discovered fossil remains in Morocco that may represent one of the earliest stages of the human lineage, dating back 773,000 years ago. The findings, published today in the Nature ...

A recently discovered fossil dating back 2.6 million years could fundamentally change our understanding of human evolution ...

Where did our species first emerge? Fossils discovered in Morocco dating back more than 773,000 years bolster the theory that Homo sapiens originally appeared in Africa, scientists said in a study ...

Waku Aira Dinosaur Exhibition, creating fossil replicas by pressing softened resin clay into molds based on ammonite fossils ...

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 ...

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