Thought to be a link between primitive and advanced primates, their fossil skulls were the best ... are described online in the Journal of Human Evolution. "It may be that these early ...

Analysis of early human bone fossils reveals adaptations for climbing trees and manipulating stones millions of years ago.

Thousands of fossils from the La Brea tar pits in California show no signs of mammals and birds evolving in response to ...

The Chicago Archaeopteryx provides rare 3D insights into skull evolution, soft tissue structure, and the first evidence of ...

Scientists dated a Scottish fossil, Westlothiana, to 346 million years ago, revealing its role in early land animal evolution ...

Fossil tracks from Australia reveal reptiles appeared 40 million years earlier than thought. The origin of reptiles on Earth ...

Entomologist Dr. Jessica Ware joins WIRED to answer the internet's burning questions about the world of insects. Are cockroaches so resilient that they'd survive a nuclear war? Why do praying mantis ...

What happened to all the megafauna? From moas to mammoths, many large animals went extinct between 50 and 10,000 years ago.

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Maba 1] is well-known for the Neanderthal-like face, while its neurocranium shows affinities with many hominin taxa, which ...

A major collection of more than 50 bird fossils found in northern Alaska suggest some ancient ancestors of modern birds ...