Scientific American

Could This Fossil Be the Key Linking Humans, Neandertals and Denisovans?

Fossils of a human ancestor from 773,000 years ago may be near the base of the Homo sapiens lineage, representing a common ...
Knewz on MSN

Marine fossils reveal surprising ocean comeback after facing deadliest extinction

Researchers found remains of a thriving marine community that existed at the beginning of the Dinosaur Age in the Arctic ...

Tiny fossils in Japan reveal how the Pacific Ocean moved millions of years ago

Scientists in Japan discovered microscopic fossils revealing that the North Pacific Ocean was once more interconnected. The ...

A case of mistaken identity: Mammoth fossils from Alaska turn out to belong to two ancient whales

For more than 70 years, what were thought to be mammoth fossils were tucked away in the archives of the University of Alaska ...
The Enterprise Journal

How a Prentiss County fossil park changed science history

In rural Prentiss County, on a triangle of land cornered between a stretch of U.S. 45 and Twenty Mile Creek, Joanna Byrd ...

We have a fossil closer to our split with Neanderthals and Denisovans

A team of anthropologists recently examined a collection of fossil hominin jawbones, teeth, and vertebrae that belong to ...
ZME Science on MSN

40-Million-Year-Old Amber Discovery Reveals an Insect “Missing Link”

The Natural History Museum of Denmark houses a unique collection of 70,000 pieces of amber from various time periods.