Scientists have unearthed in southern China fossils of a multitude of marine creatures dating to more than a half billion years ago, showing a deep-water ecosystem thriving in the aftermath of the ...

A Rotadiscus grandis fossil (left) and an interpretive drawing (right). Credit: Li et al Exceptionally well-preserved fossils from the Cambrian period have helped fill a gap in our understanding of ...

The CT-scanned skull of a 319-million-year-old fossilized fish, pulled from a coal mine in England more than a century ago, has revealed the oldest example of a well-preserved vertebrate brain.

Featuring more than 400 animal fossils, a new archaeological spot has recently been discovered within the Salawusu site in the city of Ordos, North China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. The ...

New troves of fool's gold and phosphate fossils showing soft parts and even animal embryos are giving scientists the clearest window yet into the first explosion of animal life more than half a ...

Miniature replicas of 7.7-million-year-old giant animal fossils discovered in central Türkiye are being produced using ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Scientists have extracted from dental enamel the oldest human genetic material ever obtained, helping clarify the pivotal place in the human evolutionary lineage of a mysterious ...