Step aside, carbon dating. Paleontologists date fossils based on the clues in the rocks surrounding them. When paleontologists dig up a fossil from the ground, how do they figure out the age of the ...

For decades, Paranthropus boisei, an early hominin that roamed eastern Africa a million years ago, was known for its gigantic ...

A strange Cambrian fossil named Salterella may hold the key to understanding how early animals first built skeletons. As the ...

It’s hard to imagine that fierce dinosaurs once emerged from small, fragile eggs. And it may be even harder to imagine that some of these eggs, when fossilized, can be preserved for tens of millions ...

For the first time, scientists have dated dinosaur eggs that lay buried in rock for millions of years, using a groundbreaking ...

When paleontologists dig up a fossil from the ground, how do they figure out the age of the piece of history? It’s not as simple as you may think. To discover more about jaw-dropping finds–like the ...

Researchers have developed a novel application of histological staining to screen for ancient proteins in situ—within the ...

A new study from McGill University is reshaping how scientists date dinosaur fossils in Alberta’s Dinosaur Provincial Park (DPP). Using advanced drone-assisted 3D mapping, researchers have uncovered ...

Researchers have unearthed near Lake Turkana in northern Kenya fossils of hand and foot bones belonging to an extinct human ...

In central Türkiye’s Kayseri province, researchers are turning to 3D printing to help restore fossils that date back 7.7 ...

The John Day Fossil Beds National Monument officially celebrated its 50th anniversary Wednesday, and while there was no big ...