Piecing together the story of Europe's earliest settlers is a challenge, largely because relevant human fossils are scarce.

In the depths of the world's longest cave, researchers have uncovered the fossilized remains of a 340-million-year-old shark.

Fossilized teeth found in Peru suggest monkeys rafted across the Atlantic from Africa to South America 30 million years ago, ...

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Brock’s iron shield fish adds to the rich prehistoric history of McGraths Flat, and contributes to its classification as a ...

Archaeologists have discovered fossilized facial bones of an ancient human race which lived roughly 1.4 million years ago, according to a study published in Nature. The remains were first discovered ...

Travelers can dig up 66-million-year-old dinosaur fossils in New Jersey or mine for diamonds at an Arizona state park. See more U.S. locations where you can hunt for treasures.

Scientists used strontium isotopes in Misha the elephant’s teeth to track her movements, revealing a method to study ancient ...

Paleontologists at Mammoth Cave National Park have unearthed an ancient shark species previously unknown to science.

One of the only fossil Pokémon to not evolve, the abominations against Arceus itself don’t count, is Aerodactyl. The iconic ...

For decades, scientists have believed that meat-eating drove human evolution, particularly our enlarged brains.

Last Saturday, while hundreds of revelers were hunting for bocks near Schell’s Brewery during Bockfest, another group was ...