More than 20 years ago, volunteers helped transform the Madera County Landfill into a renowned paleontological site, ...

The study tracks mammoth evolution over a million years using mitogenomes, showing shifts in diversity and lineage tied to ...

Along with the fossils, paleolithic tools were also found at the site, indicating that early humans lived with these giant ...

A study of 50,000 houses from the late Pleistocene to the onset of European colonialism has revealed that social inequality ...

A fossil jawbone found off Taiwan has been confirmed as Denisovan using ancient protein analysis, revealing they lived in ...

Greenland’s ice-covered landscape looks like an immovable block on satellite maps. Yet the story beneath its center suggests ...

The dire wolf is a relative of the now-common gray wolf, with clear differences apparent between the two species' skeletons.

Some question whether the pups are really dire wolves, or just genetically tweaked gray wolves. But the technology could be used to help at-risk animals.

This stunning find provides a rare glimpse into the world of the Pleistocene Epoch, a time when wolves roamed the vast frozen landscapes, their presence marked by the fearsome teeth that remain ...

The new study has successfully extracted and analysed 34 new mammoth mitochondrial genomes (mitogenomes), including specimens dating back to the Early and Middle Pleistocene geological periods.