Despite cultural exchange and natural disasters, this lineage—the oldest evidence for which is a collection of 8,500-year-old ...

Exploring new caves during the Upper Palaeolithic was fraught with danger, which is why one group of ancient humans in Italy ...

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The decaying reptiles could solve several of paleontology’s biggest mysteries from why some fossils preserve fragile soft ...

Neanderthals have long been portrayed as cold-adapted Ice Age specialists, their broad faces and big noses cast as natural ...

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For decades scientists thought the Dunkleosteus terrelli utilized suction feeding. Now, we know the ancient predator used ...

New research shows how people, palms, and millions of rats shaped Easter Island long before Europeans arrived.

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Paleontologists at the University of Chicago have revealed fossilized duck-billed dinosaur specimens from Wyoming that were carefully prepared in the Fossil Lab. These fossils preserve soft tissue and ...

"Smile mask syndrome is a psychological disorder in which subjects develop depression and physical illness as a result of ...