"While they might not be the first birds of prey to ever evolve, their fossils are the earliest known examples of predatory birds." The three fossils Clark studied in this paper had been collected ...

They show an organism was there, but are not the actual organism itself (which would be a body fossil). Dinosaur footprints and worm burrows are examples of trace fossils, as are coprolites ...

Scientists have unveiled a giant horned dinosaur from Egypt called Tameryraptor markgrafi after discovering lost photos of ...

it is a classic example of a transitional form, one that bridges the evolutionary gap between two quite different types of animal. In this slide show, see this and four other well-known fossil ...

Ammonite fossils, an example is shown here, are sea creatures that became extinct about 65 million years ago. Fossil remains have been found in rocks of all ages. Fossils of the simplest organisms ...

Ammonite fossils, an example is shown here, are sea creatures that became extinct about 65 million years ago. Fossil remains have been found in rocks of all ages. Fossils of the simplest organisms ...

A study led by researchers at the American Museum of Natural History presents the oldest known example in the fossil record of an evolutionary arms race. These 517-million-year-old predator-prey ...

where fossils have been found. The latest discovery suggests early whales managed to swim there from South America. "Whales are this iconic example of evolution," Travis Park, an ancient whale ...

This made matters even more confusing, since there were fossil examples of modern humans from 50,000 years ago. That would have made Piltdown Man a freakish throwback, not a missing link.