Fossils unearthed in Morocco are the first from a little-understood period of human evolution and may be remains of a ...

Fossilized bones and teeth dating to 773,000 years ago are providing a deeper understanding of the emergence of Homo sapiens.

Exceptionally preserved fossils from the Ediacaran period challenge what scientists thought was possible in sandstone. In the fossil record, creatures without hard shells or skeletons, such as ...

In a case of mistaken identity, fossils from two whales were disguised as the backbones of a woolly mammoth. The fossilized ...

Today, rock wallabies are seen as secretive cliff-dwellers that rarely stray far from the safety of their rocky shelters. But ...

Ancient fossils from Moroccan caves, dated with rare precision, offer rare insight into early human evolution.

In Earth's fossil record, soft-bodied organisms like jellyfish rarely stand the test of time. What's more, it's hard for any ...

Fossils from a cave near Casablanca, newly dated to 773,000 years ago, may illuminate what the last common ancestor of modern ...

The cave, known as Grotte à Hominidés, contains assemblages of jawbones, teeth, and vertebrae dating back to 773,000 years ...

Jawbones and other remains, similar to specimens found in Europe, were dated to 773,000 years and help close a gap in ...

Learn more about the whale bones originally thought to be woolly mammoths' and how the hunt for the youngest mammoth ...

Fossilized bones and teeth dating to 773,000 years ago unearthed in a Moroccan cave are providing a deeper understanding of ...