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The skeleton of a young adult found in a cave in Indonesia that is missing its left foot and part of its left leg reveal the oldest known evidence of an amputation, according to a new study.

A skeleton from 31,000 years ago may be the earliest evidence found of an amputation surgery in humans

Researchers from the Atlantic Shark Institute said they thought they had seen an extinct 50 feet long megalodon shark under their boat on a sea scan but it turned out to be a school of mackerel

The appearance of a giant shark-shaped blob on a research vessel’s sonar display recently had scientists pondering the existence of the long-extinct Megalodon.

The animal’s fossil records date back 225 million years, predating the previously confirmed first mammal by approximately 20 million years.

Satun was once submerged in the southern hemisphere until the movement of tectonic plates pushed the terrain up. Covering an area of 2,600km² in four districts, its geopark is home to the region's most ancient marine fossils such as nautiloids dating back to the palaeozoic era (between 500-250 million years…

The exceptionally well-preserved tusk belonged to a member of a long extinct species of giant, straight-tusked elephants.

Remains from Chad desert provoke rancorous dispute over whether species was earliest to walk upright

The Gallery of Statues site is located in the Cueva Mayor-Cueva del Silo Complex in the Atapuerca archeological site, in Spain.

Scientists in Zimbabwe have discovered the remains of Africa's oldest dinosaur, which roamed the earth around 230 million years ago. The dinosaur, named Mbiresaurus raathi, was only about one meter (3.2 feet) tall, with a long tail, and weighed up to 30 kilograms (66 pounds), according to the international team…

Paleontologists have discovered a new species of crocodile that lived with the last dinosaurs and that laid the thickest eggs on record.