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 ...
An unusual type of fossilized fish can be found within the limestone of present-day Germany. The Late Jurassic era conditions ...
In 1912, a fossil discovery shakes the scientific world. Piltdown Man is the elusive missing link between humans and their ...
In a groundbreaking discovery, scientists have unearthed ancient magnetic fossils that suggest the existence of a long-lost ...
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 ...
In recent years, more and more lobbyists from the oil, gas and coal industries have taken part in international climate ...
Many countries and environmentalists expressed outrage that the main cause of climate change was not included in a draft deal ...