A child's skull discovered in a South African quarry in 1924 changed human history. Named the Taung Child, this fossil proved ...
Joseph Shavit Teeth are like tiny biological time capsules. They tell stories about ancient diets and environments long after ...
New dating of sediments from the Sterkfontein Caves in South Africa suggests some Australopithecus fossils are around 3.4 to ...
These clues from ancient meals are enabling scientists to reconstruct pictures of entire ecosystems, including forests, wetlands and grasslands that existed at the time. It’s a reminder that in a very ...
Analysis of a 7.2-million-year-old thigh bone recovered from the Azmaka fossil deposit in Bulgaria suggests that the capacity ...
William L. Jungers was born in Palacios on Nov. 17, 1948, and went on to become one of the country’s best-known biological ...
Having a tail that extends beyond the anal opening is a requirement of membership in the phylum Chordata, where humans and ...
We’re in the Turkana Basin in Northern Kenya, a part of the world responsible for so many hominin fossil finds that it’s ...
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Ice Age fossils discovered in Comal County cave Some of animals never thought have lived in the area Team uncovered around 1,000 fossils COMAL COUNTY, Texas - A discovery deep underground in Central ...