A fossilized jawbone found off the coast of Taiwan more than 20 years ago belonged to a group of ancient humans, called the ...

The oldest-known human bones in Europe were just discovered in a cave in Bulgaria. The cave also contained ancient tools ...

Researchers say a fossil jawbone discovered in Taiwan belonged to an enigmatic group of early human ancestors.

A bone discovered in Taiwan turns out to have belonged to a Denisovan, a lineage previously identified only thousands of ...

An expanding geographic range for these close Neandertal relatives leaves Denisovans' evolutionary status uncertain.

Archaeologists in China’s Yunnan province unearthed stone tools crafted in a style associated with Neanderthals that hasn’t ...

The pit, located in the Cueva de los Huesos (Cave of Bones), was initially found when archaeologists noticed a large number of animal bones scattered at the entrance of the cave, with some human ...

Cave Specialist Rick Toomey helped discover the fossil. The new shark species, Clavusodens mcginnisi, is nicknamed “chipmunk shark” for its small size, chisel-like front teeth and crushing back teeth, ...

HAYS COUNTY, Texas — A 28-year-old man will spend the rest of his life in prison for a murder almost three years ago in Buda. In late January, William Rojas was found guilty of murder ...

The map on the hotel wall said “Good fossils here”, so Richard Fortey, then 14, did not hesitate. He seized his geologist’s hammer, braved the gorse and got down to the beach. It was a ...

"Fossil feathers are usually preserved in ancient mudrocks laid down in lakes or lagoons. The fossil vulture is preserved in ash deposits, which is extremely unusual," study lead author Valentina ...

Some 200 fossils roughly 380 million years old are now buried in a landfill because the New Jersey college tasked with mailing them did not pay the bill to have them delivered, according to a lawsuit.