Three tiny Purgatorius teeth found in Colorado are helping scientists trace how early primates evolved and spread across North America.

Their species name is well known, but until recently we’ve understood very little for certain about Homo habilis. Columnist ...

A "peculiar" ancient relative of the crocodile which experts believe began life on four legs before, in adulthood, it learned ...

If you thought that crocodiles were menacing enough, be glad that you didn’t live in Arizona some 225–201 million years ...

The museum underwent hardship in 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic, and the high operational costs led the city to consider ...

Could a Moroccan cave hold a crucial piece of the puzzle of human origins? Hominin fossils dating back 773,000 years discovered in the country are bringing new evidence to the debate about the last ...

Ancient fossils reveal the oldest known vertebrates had four eyes. Remarkably preserved fossil specimens show they could see the world using four camera-type eyes, reshaping our understanding of how ...

DINOSAUR, Colo. — Some recent parking lot construction work in Dinosaur National Monument has revealed previously uncovered dinosaur fossils, the National Park Service said in a media release. The new ...

In a case of mistaken identity, fossils from two whales were disguised as the backbones of a woolly mammoth. The fossilized remains were kept at a museum for decades ...

A group of 773,000-year-old hominin fossils from Morocco may shed new light on when our species branched off from the ancestors of Neanderthals and Denisovans. A team of anthropologists recently ...

Scientists say they have solved the mystery of the Burtele foot, a set of 3.4 million-year-old bones found in Ethiopia in 2009. The fossils, along with others unearthed more recently, have now been ...

Graduate students have a home at the University of Alaska Museum of the North (UAMN). In fact, one of the core functions of the museum is to provide a space for students (including undergraduates) to ...