Nature study examines hominin fossils from Thomas Quarry I, Casablanca Fossils show mixed archaic and derived traits, securely dated Findings highlight North Africa’s key role in human evolution ...

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 ...

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

Jawbones and other remains, similar to specimens found in Europe, were dated to 773,000 years and help close a gap in ...

The legendary “Little Foot” fossil may be an entirely new human ancestor. An international team of scientists led by ...

In a groundbreaking discovery, scientists have unearthed a 520-million-year-old fossil with an intact brain and nerves, offering unprecedented insights into early neural structures. This ancient ...

Fossils unearthed in Ethiopia are reshaping our view of human evolution. Instead of a straight march from ape-like ancestors to modern humans, researchers now see a tangled, branching tree with ...

Charles Darwin worried that the fossil record looked strangely abrupt, with complex animals appearing in a geological instant ...

The birds of today descended from the dinosaurs of yore. Researchers have known relatively little, however, about how the bird's brain took shape over tens of millions of years. "Birds are one of the ...

Scientists say 47-million-year-old fossil is an early primate. May 19, 2009 — -- Scientists say a 47-million-year-old fossil found in Germany may be a key link to explaining the evolution of ...

Scientists have uncovered a remarkable fossil from Canada's Burgess Shale, a discovery that reshapes how the evolution of arthropods is understood. This new find, named Mosura fentoni, lived roughly ...