On an expedition in the Awash Valley in Ethiopia, two anthropologists uncovered the bones of a 3.2 million-year-old human ...

An enigmatic group of fossil organisms has finally been identified—and is changing the story of how plants took root on land ...

Newly identified bones tie the mysterious Burtele foot to a new Australopithecus species that lived alongside Lucy more than ...

A new study reports what might be the oldest fossil animals ever found. And we're also learning more about what role the hippocampus plays in certain types of visual memory. Hosted by: Hank Green ...

Although a recently discovered species overlapped with the famous Lucy, and appears less evolved in many ways, it also shows some closer resemblance to our later ancestors.

When it comes to studying dinosaurs, it's not an easy task, but a random discovery in West Texas has changed our ...

In a groundbreaking discovery, scientists have unearthed ancient magnetic fossils that suggest the existence of a long-lost ...

In 1912, a fossil discovery shakes the scientific world. Piltdown Man is the elusive missing link between humans and their ...

Newly analyzed Arctic fossils show that marine ecosystems recovered astonishingly fast after the “great dying.” More than 30,000 teeth, bones, and other fossil fragments from a 249-million-year-old ...

Many countries and environmentalists expressed outrage that the main cause of climate change was not included in a draft deal ...

United Nations climate talks in Brazil have reached a subdued agreement to deliver more money to countries hit hardest by ...

The COP30 climate summit in Belém, Brazil, came to an agreement Saturday, but the final document makes no mention of fossil ...