Did you know whales evolved from a land-based animal into an ocean-going mammal? To explore the evidence, we need to look at the desert, which may seem strange when discussing whales. The ocean once ...

More than 514 million years ago, long before dinosaurs roamed Earth, sponge-like creatures called archaeocyathids were ...

Great apes began to diverge from other primates about 25 million years ago, according to eastern African fossil records.

Indonesian researchers have discovered a fossil of an Elephas, or prehistoric elephant, estimated to be 500,000 years old.

New fossil research shows that teeth originally evolved as sensory tissue embedded in the armored exoskeletons of ancient ...

For Wood, though, Hublin’s use of “early modern humans” makes sense. And regardless of precise labels, he says, the Jebel Irhoud fossils have their place in the tapestry of humankind.

Dwarf elephants likely lived into the Bronze Age Mycenaean era, influencing ancient Greek artifacts and culture.

Mastodon bones and teeth found in the Yukon were all older than 50,000 years old, while enduring farther south until about 10 ...