55-Million-Year-Old Trail Yields Identity of Amber Producer
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Researchers have found a unique compound, similar to that of a modern tree resin, in amber.
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Scientists unraveling the genetic history of head lice have found startling evidence that early humans mingled with a clan of hairy, distant cousins as recently as 25,000 years ago in Asia -- a
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Computer analysis of an African fossil indicates that a human-like creature walked upright six million years ago&#151;the earliest evidence of bipedalism found to date.
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Scientists have pinpointed mutations in an ancient protein that transformed its shape and function more than 400 million years ago.
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By constructing a complete genome of the Neanderthal, researchers hope to solve the age-old mystery of just how close an ancestor this creature was.
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Charred and brittle bits of fabric are providing new insights into the lives of prehistoric people, thanks to advances in chemical analysis of textiles.
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ACAPULCO, Mexico _ There's a new extraterrestrial suspect in the mysterious, highly debated disappearance of the woolly mammoth some 12,900 years ago. A team of two dozen scientists say the culprit was likely a comet that exploded in the atmosphere above North America.
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Scientists said the fossils should give new insights into a little-known period of early human origins.
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New research suggests that the Âgreat dyingÂ 251 million years ago was followed by an explosion of complexity in marine life that has persisted ever since.
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A 565-million-year-old fossil found in the 1960s in Canada is named after the Indian geologist who discovered it.
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In a discovery sure to set off a firestorm of debate over human migration to the western hemisphere, archaeologists in South Carolina say they have uncovered evidence that people lived in eastern North America at least 50,000 years ago - far earlier than
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A 3.3 million-year-old skeleton of the  earliest child ever found shows the ancient ancestor of modern  humans walked upright but may also have climbed trees,  scientists said on Wednesday.
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Scientists reconstruct a sea spider from the faint imprint it left when it fossilised 425 million years ago.
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A group of paleontologists have discovered the tusks and petrified remains of a mastodon, or large mammoth-like mammal, that lived some three million years ago, the head of the team told AFP Monday.
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Unlocking Sedna's secrets has important implications for scientists' understanding of Earth's origins, for whatever happened to Sedna must have happened 4.5 billion years ago as the infant sun's "dust disk" created the solar system.
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Science & environment: Â· Scientists shed new light on disputed skeleton findÂ· Bone analysis supports distinct species theory
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Two  reptile-like animals living 290 million years ago are the oldest creatures to have  their footprints positively identified after a fortuitous discovery  allowed scientists to match fossils to preserved trackways.