Proteins degrade over time, making their history hard to study. But new research has uncovered ancient proteins in the enamel ...

A university student on a fossil-hunting field trip in Dorset made a stunning discovery: a 145-million-year-old jawbone ...

While somber, their remains and burial goods are helping experts better understand class, gender, and parenting dynamics of late Neolithic society known as the Corded Ware Culture. The discoveries are ...

Wearing a retainer after braces isn’t optional—it’s essential. Here’s what research says about retainer types, effectiveness, ...

Eotephradactylus mcintireae’ is the oldest-known flying reptile from the continent and roamed the skies 209 million years ago ...

MailOnline has asked leading paleoanthropologists to reveal what the hybrid children of Homo sapiens and Neanderthals would ...

One study is of enamel proteins from extinct mammal fossils from the Turkana Basin in Kenya, and the other study is of enamel proteins from extinct mammals in the Haughton impact crater site located ...

A Smithsonian-led team of researchers have discovered North America's oldest known pterosaur, the winged reptiles that lived ...

Two-million-year-old teeth unlock new secrets of ancient human relatives - Scientists made a surprising discovery when ...

Teeth from extinct species like Otodus obliquus (an ancestor of the legendary Megalodon) are commonly found in New Jersey’s ...

The mighty megalodon is the most famous extinct shark on earth – with giant jaws and a tremendous size that inspire myths and ...