From the formation of inner ear bones to the rise of hair to cover our bodies, these developments made us distinct from other ...

Mammals that lived alongside dinosaurs grew more slowly and lived longer than they do today, analysis of fossils found on the Isle of Skye has revealed. A team led by researchers at National Museums ...

Scientists have linked a fossilized elephant skull from Kashmir with another from Turkmenistan, identifying them as a distinct species of Palaeoloxodon. These findings could fill gaps in the ...

BOULDER, Colo. — Paleontologists recently discovered a rare mammal fossil in western Colorado. It's a genus of mammal that ...

Birds descended from the dinosaurs, but researchers have known relatively little about how the bird's brain took shape over ...

BOULDER, Colo. — Paleontologists recently discovered a rare mammal fossil in western Colorado. It's a genus of mammal that lived between 70 million and 75 million years ago and has never been ...

"We see a lot of animals that were living in the water quite happily, like sharks, rays and guitarfish." Dinosaur Fossil Revealed After Heavy Rains In Brazil Because of this swampy environment, the ...

3D scans of the fossil jawbone of the mammal H. piceanus. The earlier fossils were originally thought to belong to other ancient mammal species, Aquiladelphis incus and Glasbius piceanus.

(Reuters) - The brains of today's birds facilitate a level of cognitive prowess and behavioral complexity rivaled only by ...