A fossil found in Georgia is helping scientists answer a big question: why do humans have such a long childhood? Compared to ...

For decades, small grooves on ancient human teeth were thought to be evidence of deliberate tool use – people cleaning their ...

If you’ve ever picked up a shark’s tooth on the beach or seen a prehistoric creature’s skull on display at a natural history museum, you may have noticed one characteristic that all these fossilized ...

Humans stand apart from many other primates by taking more time to mature, relying on a supportive network during a long period of childhood.

For decades, Paranthropus boisei, an early hominin that roamed eastern Africa a million years ago, was known for its gigantic ...

A study published in Science Advances and led by the Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology, uncovers how flexibility made ...

A lucky Florida family found a once-in-a-lifetime fossil that belonged to one of the biggest predators that ever roamed the ocean. Bricen Columbia, 19, found a 6.5-inch megalodon tooth in South ...

A man has shared a photo of an animal tooth his wife found in her backyard when she was a child, wowing social media users with the fossil. Jannick Ketele, 33, from Belgium shared photos of the ...

Molly Sampson, age nine, knew exactly what she wanted for Christmas this past December: a pair of insulated wading boots. With the boots, she told her mom, she could go out into the water at Calvert ...

A trove of fossils found in China includes the world's oldest teeth found, along with fossils that could give scientists insight as to how today's aquatic creatures evolved. The fossils were ...

Michael VanEtten, 46, has been combing Florida rivers and streams for fossils most of his life. His latest find—a mound of ...

The Aurora Fossil Museum invites the public to celebrate National Fossil Day this Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The event ...