488-Million-Year-Old Fossil Discovered by a 6-Year-Old Boy While Digging In Their Garden

Medicine & Technology Mar 28, 2021

A six-year-old boy discovered a fossil believe to have dated back around 488 million years in their garden after he received a fossil-hunting kit as a Christmas gift.

Archaeologists Discover the Longest Ancient Human Footprint Track

Oct 17, 2020

Studying ancient footprint tracks of animals and humans reveals the similarities and differences between modern species and their ancestors. A recent discovery of human footprints reveals a story of an adult carrying a toddler through muddy terrain despite predators.

Ammonite in Amber: Among the Rarest Fossil Finds

May 18, 2019

Scientists found a fossil of an ammonite trapped in amber during their search in northern Myanmar.

Dinosaur Fossil Found in Australia

Mar 12, 2019

A dinosaur fossil recently found in Australia was about the size of a wallaby.

Charles Darwin’s Mystery Animal: Solved!

Jun 29, 2017

An extinct animal from South America, whose fossils have confounded scientists for over 170 years, are now thought to be relatives of horses, thanks to mDNA analysis.

Fossils Of Homo Sapiens From Morocco May Change Dates Of Darwin's Theory of Evolution

Jun 12, 2017

Five fossils of different individuals were found on 1961 by barite miners in Morocco. Now, on a study of a team, the fossils were suspected to be the earliest kind of Homo sapiens than what was already known in the history of evolution.

Discovered Fossils Of Torrejonia Tiny Tree Dwellers Confirmed As The Earliest Primates

May 31, 2017

Archicebus Achilles is the known earliest primates before skeletons and fossils of the Torrejonia was discovered. Both are known tree-dwellers a few years after the dinosaur times.

Fossil Of 130-Million-Year Old Giant Prehistoric Sea Predator Pliosaur Unearthed In Russia

May 28, 2017

A giant fossil of a Pliosaur, which is one of the top ocean predators in the "Age of Dinosaurs" was discovered in Russia.

Scientists Found Rare Tooth Of Horned Dinosaur Hinted To Tell Another Version of Earth's History

May 25, 2017

A rare tooth fossil was found by scientists in Mississipi. The tooth is said to explain another version of Earth's history 66 million years ago.

Fossils Found May Change The History Of Human Lineage, Leaves Doubt That Humans Originated In Africa

May 23, 2017

New found fossil reveals that the human lineage does not really originate in Africa. The fossils also share similar characteristics with humans.

Study Finds Hominid May Have Lived Alongside Modern Human

May 10, 2017

Recent fossils analysis has found that primitive hominids could have been living with a modern human in Africa.

Ice Age Animal Fossils Discovered At Metro Purple Line Extension Construction Site In Los Angeles

May 08, 2017

Animal fossils were discovered upon constructing the future station at Los Angeles.

3 New Marsupial Species Fossils Classified As Extinct Discovered in Southern Bolivia

Apr 12, 2017

13-million-year old fossils of three extinct marsupial species found at the Quebrada Honda fossil site of Southern Bolivia. Scientists found diverse numbers of marsupials used to roam around South America.

Scientists Have Discovered Earliest Evidence Of Life On Earth

Mar 02, 2017

The earliest evidence for life on Earth is graphite found to be a biogenic substance in 3.7 billion-year-old metasedimentary rocks discovered in western Greenland and microbial mat fossils found in 3.48 billion-year-old sandstone discovered in Western Australia.

Fossils Prove Life Flourished Fast Even After Mass Extinction

Feb 16, 2017

Scientists have found out through fossils that life flourished fast even after mass extinction