3+ hour, 9+ min ago  (535+ words) Deep in human evolutionary history, before anything recognizable as a vertebrate existed, one of our oldest relatives had a single eye sitting on top of its head. Now, according to new research, this ancient, cyclops-like creature may represent the evolutionary…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (505+ words) When paleontologists entered a cave on private property in Comal County, Texas, they had hoped they might find some clues about the region's ancient past. However, the rare ancient discovery they made upon entering hadn't been on their bingo card....

2+ mon, 1+ day ago  (399+ words) England's Jurassic Coast is infamous for the discovery of thousands of ichthyosaur fossils. Despite this long history, a major gap exists in the fossil record, spanning a period when entire families of these ancient marine reptiles vanished, and new groups…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (583+ words) Researchers have developed a free, AI-driven app that can identify which species of ancient dinosaur left multi-million-year-old footprints still visible today. The team behind the new dinosaur footprint identification app, which has successfully identified ancient species by their fossilized tracks…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago  (375+ words) Scientists once assumed that hopping'a hallmark of kangaroo movement'would break down beyond a certain body size. But new research drawing on fossil remains and anatomical analysis suggests that even enormous Ice Age kangaroos, some weighing up to 250 kilograms, were built…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago  (617+ words) An international team of researchers has identified an African hominin population that existed very early in the Homo sapiens lineage, providing new insight into the shared ancestry of Homo sapiens, Neanderthals, and Denisovans. The discovery was made at the Thomas…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago  (788+ words) New research demonstrates that fossilized bones, which preserve'physical records of ancient life,'can also retain chemical traces of the metabolism of those life forms. The discovery, detailed in a'new study in Nature led by scientists at New York University, opens…...

4+ mon, 5+ day ago  (611+ words) Accurately determining the age of dinosaur fossils has historically been challenging for paleontologists. Now, a new study in Communications Earth & Environment shows that fossilized dinosaur eggshells contain a radioactive time signature that allows scientists to more precisely date these prehistoric…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago  (705+ words) Large prehistoric marine reptiles known as mosasaurs dominated the oceans until their extinction 66 million years ago. Now, according to new chemical evidence, some mosasaurs also lived in freshwater rivers near the end of the Cretaceous period, indicating their ability to…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago  (730+ words) Forget the idea that dinosaurs matured the way modern mammals do'new research suggests young dinosaurs lived radically separate lives, changing how scientists understand prehistoric ecosystems. According to new research from the University of Maryland, young dinosaurs played very different roles…...