This is believed to have occurred about 6 million to 7 million years ago. A 3D computerized model of the surface of the area near Lake Turkana in Kenya shows fossil footprints of Paranthropus boisei ...

According to fossil records, Homo erectus, a direct ancestor of humans, persisted for one million years more. But Paranthropus boisei went extinct within the next few hundred thousand years.

Dec. 2, 2024 — Newly discovered insect fossils are so small they can barely be seen by the human eye but have been preserved in an 'extraordinary' ... A Fossil First: Scientists Find 1.5-Million ...

A team has now identified the oldest known ecdysozoan in the ... The Secrets of Fossil Teeth Revealed by the Synchrotron: A Long Childhood Is the Prelude to the Evolution of a Large Brain Nov.

Knowing the type of locomotion used by many fossil species—walking upright on the ... A University of Hawaiʻi researcher says he may have found a new human species called Homo juluensis ...

Fossil fuels will continue to play an important role in global energy security despite the sharp growth in renewable energy basket to de-carbonise the globe, said Igor Sechin, Chief Executive ...

In 1976, at the Laetoli site in Tanzania, paleontologist Andrew Hill discovered 3.7 million-year-old footprints by literally stumbling upon them. He tripped to avoid elephant dung thrown by a ...

NEW YORK − The most expensive dinosaur fossil ever sold will have a temporary home in Manhattan while on display at the American Museum of Natural History beginning Sunday. The nearly complete ...

A team led by one of us (Behrensmeyer) and paleoecologist Léo Laporte was exploring the geology and fossils of the rich paleontological record of East Turkana. We focused on documenting the ...