Minerals in the water replace the bone, leaving a rock replica of the original bone called a fossil. Image caption, It’s not just animal and plant remains that can be fossilised. Things like ...

Students at Millard Fillmore Elementary School in Moravia are exploring prehistoric life in a whole new way thanks to the donation of a rare plesiosaur fossil cast. The replica, now prominently ...

More than three million years after her death, the early human ancestor known as Lucy is still divulging her secrets. In 2016, an autopsy indicated that the female Australopithecus afarensis, whose ...

A team of researchers may have determined where fossils older than any we’ve ever found may be buried A new paper in Current Biology posits that remnants of an earlier evolutionary stage of ...

A cache of human-like fossils from China has perplexed scientists for decades, defying explanation or categorization.Related video above: Human skeletons and other treasures found in the ancient ...

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Every year the world-renowned Tucson Gem, Mineral & Fossil Showcase is like a time portal, a trip around the world, and a treasure hunt all rolled into one. Every winter, more than 65,000 guests from ...

Discover how to make your own prehistoric fossil with Rebecca.

Jan. 27, 2025 — Archaeologists have uncovered evidence that a house in England is the site of a lost residence of Harold, the last Anglo-Saxon King of England, and shown in the Bayeux Tapestry ...