Until now, there was a conflict in the field of paleontology. Genetic analysis of how fast traits mutated and evolved ...

A remarkable assemblage of fossils from China is revealing that animal life diversified in Earth's primordial seas millions ...

A breakthrough discovery in Utah has revealed a 500-million-year-old chelicera fossil that is the oldest known spider and ...

A new analysis of a specimen found more than 40 years ago reveals the oldest known chelicerate, defined by its pair of pincer ...

A fossil bed in China containing animals up to 554 million years old suggests that we may have to reconsider the idea that ...

Scientists have finally cracked a long-standing mystery about squid and cuttlefish evolution by analyzing newly sequenced ...

Jawbone fragments and teeth from a previously unknown species hint that the evolution of modern apes occurred in what's now ...

A fossil found in northern Egypt from a new species, Masripithecus moghraensis, is changing long held ideas about ape and human origins.

Everything we knew about human origins just changed. A bizarre 3.4-million-year-old discovery in the African dirt proves Lucy wasn’t alone, exposing a mysterious second species with a feature experts ...

Welcome to the intriguing world of lost continents, where myths blend with scientific inquiry and imagination runs wild. Stories of these mythical lands have fascinated explorers and scientists alike.