University of Otago researchers unearthed these rare fossils in Miocene-era crater lake sediments at Hindon Maar near Dunedin ...

Ancient fossils which date back to a period between 39,800 and 54,600 years ago offer a fascinating insight into the habits ...

Whitefly fossils from 15 million years ago found in New Zealand give rare insights into ancient ecosystems and insect ...

The only first certain signs that ancient humans were living together came in 2010, when researchers published the complete ...

About 1.5 million years ago, individuals of two different species in the human evolutionary lineage trudged on a muddy ...

A recent study describes a new species of fossil amphibian preserved in torpedo-shaped burrows 230 million years ago.

A "provocative" new piece in Nature has proposed a whole new group of ancient humans – cousins of the Denisovans and ...

About 1.5 million years ago, individuals of two different species in the human evolutionary lineage trudged on a muddy ...

A 1.5-million-year-old lakebed from Kenya shows two ancient human relatives cohabitating an environment, shaking up our ...

The "huge" discovery near the shore of Lake Turkana in Kenya proves the theory that some ancient ancestors were neighbors ...

Fossils of 600-million-year-old "tiny humanoids" were discovered in Antarctica. A story perpetuated in some social media ...