10+ hour, 41+ min ago  (187+ words) 15 Million Years before the Megalodon, This Giant Ancient Shark Prowled the Oceans A humungous shark that lived 115 million years ago surpassed the size of modern-day great whites, paleontologists discovered By Claire Cameron edited by Sarah Lewin Frasier Reinhard Dirscherl via…...

1+ mon, 3+ day ago  (774+ words) Mysterious Fossil Foot Belonged to Ancient Human that Lived Alongside "Lucy" Newly identified bones tie the mysterious Burtele foot to a new Australopithecus species that lived alongside Lucy more than three million years ago By Humberto Basilio edited by Claire…...

1+ mon, 5+ day ago  (614+ words) This Fossil Is Rewriting the Story of How Plants Spread across the Planet An enigmatic group of fossil organisms has finally been identified'and is changing the story of how plants took root on land By Taylor Mitchell Brown edited by…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (449+ words) A machine-learning breakthrough could lift the veil on Earth's early history'and supercharge the search for alien life By Lee Billings edited by Claire Cameron Modern-day microbe-made mounds called stromatolites (seen here in Australia's Shark Bay) have counterparts in the fossil…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (257+ words) Oldest RNA in the World Extracted from Frozen Woolly Mammoth RNA has been extracted from an ancient woolly mammoth, providing insight into its last moments on Earth By Humberto Basilio edited by Andrea Thompson The frozen carcass of Yuka is…...

1+ mon, 4+ week ago  (300+ words) Dueling Dinosaurs" Fossil Solves the Mystery of a Mini T. rex" An analysis suggests Nanotyrannus is a separate, smaller dinosaur that lived alongside T. rex, settling a 30-year debate By Anirban Mukhopadhyay edited by Sarah Lewin Frasier Nanotyrannus appears to be a…...

2+ mon, 6+ day ago  (518+ words) Fossilized Skin on Dinosaur "Mummies" Isn"t Skin at All Wyoming"s "dinosaur mummies," once thought to preserve fossilized flesh, are actually detailed clay molds formed by microbes as the creatures decayed By Andrea Tamayo edited by Sarah Lewin Frasier…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (661+ words) Mysterious Rocks Could Rewrite Evolution of Complex Life Controversial evidence hints that complex life might have emerged hundreds of millions of years earlier than previously thought'and possibly more than once By Asher Elbein edited by Kate Wong Rocks from the…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago  (402+ words) Meet the Oldest Dome-Headed Dinosaur Ever Found A newly discovered dinosaur species has been identified from a fossil unearthed in Mongolia that represents the most complete pachycephalosaur specimen yet found By Jack Tamisiea edited by Andrea Thompson Anyone who has…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago  (382+ words) New Fossils Could Help Solve Long-standing Mystery of Bird Migration Tiny fossils hint at when birds began making their mind-blowing journey to the Arctic to breed By Lauren N. Wilson & Daniel T. Ksepka edited by Kate Wong A breeding pair of ornithurine…...