Seven remarkably preserved footprints in an ancient lakebed represent the oldest evidence of human presence in the Middle ...

The Laetoli site in Tanzania is globally famous for its australopithecine trackways, which remain the only tracks of these ...

A uniquely preserved prehistoric mudhole could hold the oldest-ever human footprints on the Arabian Peninsula, scientists say ...

New genetic research is shedding light on some of the earliest chapters of our human history. In one of the largest studies ...

Legend once had it that the huge, three-toed footprints scattered across the central highlands of Bolivia came from ...

When ancient microbes died, they did not leave skeletons though some have argued controversially that colonies left ancient microstructures ...

Around the world, politicians, backed by powerful corporations, are presenting the public with false choices between ...

For millions of years, the land we now call the United States has been home to towering prehistoric beasts, strange sea creatures, and lush ancient forests that no longer exist. Evidence of this ...

The extinct rhinoceros, described in the journal Nature Ecology & Evolution, is the northernmost rhino known to have ever ...

Analysis - South Africa is well known for its fossil heritage, a record of plants and animals that tells us what the world was like long ago.