A massive, well-preserved skull discovered in China in the 1930s belongs to a new species called Homo longi, researchers report, but experts remain skeptical about the evidence.

Africa’s sparse fossil record alone cannot reveal our species’ evolutionary history.

Modern human genomes and bones left behind from ancient hominins in Africa tell a complex story about the origins of our species.

A paleontologist at the National Museums of Kenya is spearheading an effort to make 3-D reconstructions of the institution’s fossils available internationally.

The 1-billion-year-old impressions have features similar to modern algae and indicate that photosynthesizing plants evolved at least that long ago.

The astronomical idea doesn’t align well with the fossil record, anthropologists argue, but the origins of bipedalism are still difficult to determine.

Fossils of two dinosaur skeletons found in New Mexico are from a species new to science that lived 92 million years ago.

From 500-million-year-old fat to a newly discovered virus, here are some stunners from The Scientist in 2018.

Researchers describe the remains of a clutch of extinct mammal-like animals.

Microbes were living on land as early as 3.22 billion years ago, fossilized rocks show, 500 million years earlier than previously documented.

Nutrient-rich water helped marine organisms reinhabit Chicxulub crater relatively quickly after the mass-extinction event.

Newly discovered fossils shed light on the structure of the feeding apparatus of ancient seabirds.

Authors of a new study suggest that 520-million-year-old structures, previously identified as the brains of ancient arthropods, are instead preserved microbial biofilms.

An 88,000-year-old finger bone places human ancestors in Arabia earlier than previously believed.

Paleontologists find fossils from at least seven species of the flying reptiles in Morocco.

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From a plastic-munching coral to see-through frogs, here are The Scientist’s favorite images from 2017.

Palaeontologists have discovered the oldest fossil evidence to date for small, stiff-necked, sea-dwelling reptiles.