Scientists have uncovered the fossil remains of a tiny feline species smaller than a house cat from an ancient cave in ...
Once found in the jungles of Africa, researchers in South America have now discovered links tying these extinct primates to the continent—painting an incredible story of survival against the odds.
Stunning discoveries and fresh breakthroughs in DNA analysis are changing our understanding of our own evolution and offering a new picture of the "other humans" that our ancestors met across Europe ...
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Researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences say the feline called Prionailurus kurteni was an extinct species of leopard ...
Stunning discoveries and fresh breakthroughs in DNA analysis are changing our understanding of our own evolution and offering ...
University of Hawaii at Manoa Anthropology Professor Christopher Bae likens his discovery to piecing together a giant puzzle, ...
Mastodon bones are rare discoveries, but Orange County, N.Y., has proved to be a national hotbed for these extraordinary ...
Chinese scientists have previously discovered dozens of archaic human fossils at the site, dating back 300,000 years. These are the earliest fossils found so ... appeared in Africa some 315,000 ...