The Role of Stratigraphy in Dating Fossils. Stratigraphy involves studying rock layers (strata) to determine the relative ages of fossils.

In relative dating, scientists compare fossils with other objects, such as rocks, found at a particular site. Using these methods, scientists have found that dinosaurs roamed the Earth from about ...

Estimating the age of hominid fossils is usually a painstaking, two-part process, involving both "absolute" and "relative" dating. "Absolute" dating means finding a specific age for an object.

A new study is reshaping how scientists date dinosaur fossils in Alberta's Dinosaur Provincial Park (DPP). Using advanced drone-assisted 3D mapping, researchers have uncovered significant ...

University of Kansas paleontologists discover giant hedgehog-sized marsupial relative from Paleocene Texas fossil collections ...

Scientists discovered a trove of rare dinosaur bones dating back 115 million years at Maryland’s aptly named Dinosaur Park, marking the first “bone bed” found in the state since 1887.

Indonesian researchers have discovered fossils of a prehistoric elephant in Central Java, which they estimate are around ...

Until now, the most recent fossils of sebecids were found in Colombia and dated to about 10.5-12.5 million years ago. The Dominican Republic fossils date to about 5-7 million years ago.