Archaeologists unearthed a cache of stone tools. Neanderthals may have made them, study finds
Stone tools unearthed in China's Yunnan province suggest Neanderthals or another ancient human species adapted to harsh ...
Bizarre-looking dinosaur challenges what we know about the evolution of fingers
Oviraptorosaurs are weird dinosaurs that look a bit like flightless birds. But these ancient animals aren't just ...
New research reveals chemical secrets of Earth’s crust 4.5 billion years ago
The study also provides a new approach to solving one of the biggest enduring scientific mysteries: when did plate tectonics ...
Edelman Fossil Park & Museum Review: Curating the Cretaceous
A new museum at Rowan University in southern New Jersey—an area of considerable paleontological significance—offers a ...
Ancient alligator-sized amphibians died under mysterious circumstances
It probably spent most, if not all, of its life in the water eating… anything unfortunate enough to venture too far into the ...
Ancient amphibians as big as alligators died in mass mortality event in Triassic Wyoming
Dozens of amphibians perished together on an ancient floodplain around 230 million years ago, according to a study published ...
Research shows that a majority of Christian religious leaders accept the reality of climate change but have never mentioned it to their congregations
Churchgoers who think their religious leaders don’t believe humans are driving climate change are less likely to discuss it ...
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240 million-year-old sea monster discovered in China
On 23 February, palaeontologists from several countries revealed the existence of a 240 million-year-old marine reptile in the journal Earth And Environment. The major discovery took place in the ...
Two-fingered dinosaur discovered in Mongolia with help of N.M. researcher
What has two fingers per hand and just got discovered by an international research team in Mongolia? This guy: Duonychus tsogtbaatari. A new species of therizinosaurus has been discovered in Mongolia.
Ancient “Life Oasis” in China Survived Earth’s Deadliest Mass Extinction
Fossils from China’s Turpan-Hami Basin reveal it was a rare land refuge during the end-Permian extinction, with fast ...