The Latest Breaking News on Paleontology

Presence of teeth from extinct hominin challenges view that only members of Homo genus used complex tools

The discovery of fossils of 2.9-million-year-old butchered hippopotamus surrounded by crafted stone tools in Kenya suggests early humans may not have been the first species to use tools.

Butchery marks on an extinct kangaroo fossil found off the Eyre Peninsula's west coast could reveal a possible human and megafauna relationship.

The newly re-opened museum will open until 9pm once a week

When I was a kid, I knew all the dinosaurs — not personally, of course, because they were extinct by then, and woolly mammoths roamed the earth. But I was a fan of such prehistoric stars as brontosaurus, Tyrannosaurus rex and especially Raquel Welch, who wore a cave woman bikini…

This prehistoric flying reptile had some bizarre teeth for filtering prey

The oldest known example of a well-preserved vertebrate brain is a fossilized fish that was discovered a century ago

Researchers hail ‘world-class discovery’ that suggests cave bears may have lived farther south in than thought

‘Closer look demonstrates that the impression resulted from decay of a modern beehive’

The Pilbara region of Western Australia is home to one of the most ancient surviving pieces of Earth’s crust, which has been geologically unchanged since its creation some 3.5 billion years ago.

Experts find evidence at Derbyshire cremation site of horses and dogs originating from the Baltic Shield