Researchers say the fossil found in Aberdeenshire is neither plant nor fungus as previously thought.

Fossilized bones and teeth dating to 773,000 years ago are providing a deeper understanding of the emergence of Homo sapiens.

A seven-million-year-old fossil may mark the moment our ancestors first stood up and walked.

Marine fossils discovered in England’s Peak District reveal detailed life from a tropical sea that covered the region 340 ...

But this latest discovery seems to challenge that. It appears that Paranthropus had greater dietary flexibility than first interpreted, could adapt to a wide range of environmental conditions and was ...

A fossil dating back 410 million years has been identified as a new form of life as it goes on display at a Scots museum. The ...

Fossils can reveal traces of an ancient world, but their exact age is not always easy to discern. Palaeontologists have traditionally relied on a range of methods to date fossil sites, some more ...

The Moroccan fossils now provide tangible evidence from this mysterious transitional period. What makes these fossils particularly significant is the precision with which they can be dated. The ...

Researchers have discovered fossil remains in Morocco that may represent one of the earliest stages of the human lineage, dating back 773,000 years ago. The findings, published today in the Nature ...

Fossils unearthed in Morocco are the first from a little-understood period of human evolution and may be remains of a mysterious human ancestor.

The Saudi Royal Commission for AlUla announced on Thursday the discovery of horseshoe crab fossils dating back approximately ...