Could social bonds be the key to human big brains? A study of the fossil teeth of early Homo from Georgia dating back 1.77 million years reveals a prolonged childhood despite a small brain and an ...
A collection of perforated pebbles from an archaeological site in Israel may be spindle whorls, representing a key milestone in the development of rotational tools including wheels, according to a new ...
People tend to envision dinosaurs roaming in a hot and humid rainforest, but new research by an MSU alumnus working out of ...
However, dinosaurs were only established as a group in the 1840s and no one was yet thinking about dinosaur eggs. As this ...
BOULDER, Colo. — Paleontologists recently discovered a rare mammal fossil in western Colorado. It's a genus of mammal that ...
Scientists uncovered the ancient brain structure of an 80-million-year-old fossil bird named Navaornis hestiae, providing ...
An international team of scientists discovered evidence of a major extinction event after the period of rain called the ...
Researchers hope the "exquisitely preserved" fossil will cast new light on an enduring mystery in paleontology.
On Sunday, the National History Museum will open NHM Commons, its newest wing. The community hub features Gnatalie, a 70-foot ...
A rare Triassic fossil unearthed in Brazil, Gondwanax paraisensis, could provide new insights into the origins of dinosaurs.
Birds descended from the dinosaurs, but researchers have known relatively little about how the bird's brain took shape. An 80 ...