As the year comes to an end, we are looking back at some of the coolest and weirdest fossils in the news this year and what ...

Advanced biomechanical modeling shows that early mammal ancestors likely used an eardrum to hear airborne sounds 250 million ...

In a part of Romania better known for myth than science, a dense collection of fossils has emerged as one of the most ...

Scientists may have cracked the case of whether a seven-million-year-old fossil could walk upright. A new study found strong ...

New study of 7-million-year-old fossils from Chad proves Sahelanthropus tchadensis walked upright while still climbing trees.

Scientists have discovered an enormous species of duck-billed dinosaur that lived in what is now New Mexico about 75 million ...

A new analysis of these primordial bones offers evidence that Sahelanthropus was our first known ancestor to regularly walk on two feet, a sign that bipedalism evolved early in our lineage.

A big difference between humans and other apes is the ability to stride easily on two feet. A new analysis of fossil bones shows that adaptations for bipedal walking go back 7 million years.

The Natural History Museum of Denmark houses a unique collection of 70,000 pieces of amber from various time periods.

A fossil belonging to an ancient hominin that lived seven million years ago bears the hallmarks of bipedalism, according to a ...

In recent decades, scientists have debated whether a seven-million-year-old fossil was bipedal—a trait that would make it the ...

A new approach using the hyoid bone uncovered distinct growth patterns. A new study has brought clarity to a long-running ...