A new study of ancient fossil trails pushes the origins of complex life deeper into Earth’s history, before the Cambrian Period began.

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A paleontologist has unearthed in Texas an ancient semi-aquatic dinosaur that has a goofy-looking head and skeleton.

Art and literature hint at past people’s psyches. Now computers can identify patterns in those cognitive fossils, but human expertise remains crucial.

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I am hiking along the Metacomet Ridge in Greenfield, Massachusetts – a rather steep basaltic structure, modestly less than five hundred feet high and topped by a stately brick tower constructed in ...

WAUCHULA, Fla. — Fossil hunters can sift through dirt and clay-like material at Bone Valley Experience to dig for a hidden treasure, and Sarah Bates knows exactly what she hopes to find. “I ...

Newfound fossils demonstrate that the dinosaur's tail was well suited for swimming—bolstering the case that Spinosaurus spent much of its time in the water. JASON TREAT, NG STAFF; MESA SCHUMACHER.

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The team sent the fossil to Philip Piper, a coauthor of the new study, who was looking through the animal remains. “He called me up and said, Hello mate, you've got human remains,” Mijares says.