Fossils show that howler monkey ancestors were eating leaves 13 million years ago, shaping body size and evolution.

A fossil that would fit on a baby’s fingertip has revealed fresh clues about the evolution of the earliest-known relative of ...

A stunning new fossil find from the Grand Canyon fills in some blanks from a time when evolution began experimenting with weird new forms. Frustratingly, fossils from later in the Cambrian period are ...

A research team led by Profs. Zhu Min, Lu Jing, and Zhu You'an from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and ...

Scientists have uncovered new clues about some of Earth’s earliest fish, shedding light on the ancient origins of vertebrates ...

The UK west Dorset coast is well known for its fossils. The so-called ‘Jurassic Coast’ has yielded numerous specimens that ...

New research that decoded the evolution of mosquitoes’ feeding habits from DNA could shed light on the murky timeline of prehistoric human ancestors.

Scientists rebuilt the face of “Little Foot,” a 3.67-million-year-old fossil, uncovering new clues about early human ...

New, miniscule fossils of the earliest-known relative of all primates, including humans, Purgatorius, have been unearthed in a more southern region of North America than ever before – and the ...

A nearly complete dinosaur skeleton discovered in Patagonia is helping scientists crack the mystery of alvarezsaurs, a bizarre group of bird-like dinosaurs. The fossil of Alnashetri cerropoliciensis ...

Could a Moroccan cave hold a crucial piece of the puzzle of human origins? Hominin fossils dating back 773,000 years discovered in the country are bringing new evidence to the debate about the last ...