Analysis of fossilized remains from dinosaurs known as troodontids reveals how one species' hip and leg bones may have ...

A cave in southwestern China has yielded seven fossils that belonged to an enigmatic population of extinct humans known as ...

Anthropologists have discovered the first-ever Denisovan arm bone in a cave in China, which also held thousands of prehistoric animal bones and stone tools.

More than 400,000-year-old Homo erectus teeth from China may reveal a surprising link between this ancient human species, Denisovans, and some modern people. Scientists found protein mutations ...

Teeth and bone fragments unearthed in a cave in China, along with animal bones and stone tools, help paint a picture of Denisovan life.

Chemical clues preserved in tiny shells reveal that ocean acidification doomed a group of planktonic organisms that have ...

One of the oldest known 3D fossils of an animal has been discovered in a sheep field in the Norwegian Arctic, the first new ...

One of the oldest known 3D animal fossils dating back 560 million years has been found in a sheep field. The astonishing ...

Learn how scientists are using ancient fossils and machine learning to reconstruct ancient soundscapes.

Today, research teams primarily based in China released two papers in Nature detailing the discovery and analysis of Denisovan remains from Bianfu Cave, Yunnan, in southwestern China. Together, the ...

Currently, the largest dinosaur known is Argentinosaurus, which likely measured up to 35 meters (115 feet) long and weighed ...

Brigid Lynch was walking through a redwood forest in the San Mateo County hills when she noticed something unusual, ...