The ancient coelacanth, which has existed for some 419 million years, never stopped evolving despite its reputation as a "living fossil." A new discovery reveals that it evolved faster when plate ...

The fossilized remains of a Neanderthal discovered in a cave in southern France shed fresh light on why the ancient humans may have disappeared 40,000 years ago.

Gold miners are finding fossils and mummified animals from the Ice Age. Now paleontologists have an ancient wolf pup, baby ...

Human and animal remains and footprints dating back 26,000 years have been discovered during a £844 million construction ...

Fortunately, the researchers were lucky enough to unearth evidence from the mine's later history, during the great empires of ...

The Denver Museum of Nature & Science doesn't just have dazzling gems and immersive dioramas — one of the best views of the ...

These ancient-looking reptiles, with their scaly skin and fearsome teeth, seem like living fossils — creatures frozen in time, unchanged for millions of years. But despite their prehistoric appearance ...

This discovery is anything but Tutan-khamun ... The archaeology site ancient-origins.net called the findings “significant.” The astronomy tower, made “with five level blocks of limestone ...

The exhibition “On Top of the Pyramid: The Civilization of Ancient Egypt” currently being held ... royal exquisite jewelry, newly discovered painted coffins, animal mummies, and statues from the ...

The newly named species Barroeca monosierra discovered in ... of early life forms in ancient oceans. Typically visible only under a microscope, choanoflagellates are often overlooked by aquatic ...

Now, that family has gained a new member. In 2006, paleontologist Aizek Bakirov discovered the first pieces of bones from an ancient animal, according to an Aug. 21 news release from the ...

Although the paint, exposed over centuries to wind and rain, has long since faded away. Founded over 2,000 years ago along the ancient Arabian trade routes, Petra was at one time home to a community ...