Charles Shelton Jr. has collected thousands of shark teeth, jaws and other fossils over the past three decades. He now shares ...

A large number of stone tools and mammal fossils were found at the site. Many of the various stone tools were well preserved. The tools were mainly made from quartz and vein quartz. The types of ...

Cambrian shell fossils reveal predator-prey battles shaped evolution, as predators attacked and prey adapted by developing ...

Fossil hunting has always been stubbornly low-tech ... who heads the department of earth sciences at the Denver Museum. His preferred tool: a six-pound pickax with a hickory handle.

Learn about the discovery of Tyrannosaur fossils in the southern coast of England, showing that the dinosaurs lived in the ...

Stunning discoveries and fresh breakthroughs in DNA analysis are changing our understanding of our own evolution and offering ...

Jan. 9, 2025 — A recent study has uncovered the surprising evolutionary origin of the mammalian outer ear, linking it to the gills of ancient fish and marine invertebrates. The research reveals ...

Fossils are the imprinted remains of ancient creatures, forgotten about by the world, hidden in rocks under our feet. My name is Mary Anning, and just as fossils are forgotten for many years, so ...

Paleontologists have unearthed the 30,000-year-old fossilized remains of what may be the smallest cat ever known to have existed. The fossilized lower jaw fragment was unearthed within the Hualongdong ...