A new study shows that early humans shifted from hunting giants to smaller animals, shaping tools, survival, and intelligence ...

Fossils from China reveal complex animals existed before the Cambrian explosion, reshaping the timeline of early animal ...

Until now, there was a conflict in the field of paleontology. Genetic analysis of how fast traits mutated and evolved ...

Newly discovered fossils have given scientists their first real glimpse of when Earth made a crucial transition from plants and unrecognizably simple animals to the complex creatures that ...

Now, picture early animals trying to survive in such an extreme environment. This was the reality for early animal life in the oceans and seas about half a billion years ago. This was also the time ...

A remarkable fossil discovery in southwest China is rewriting the story of how complex animal life began, showing that many key animal groups appeared millions of years earlier than scientists once ...

A treasure trove of exceptionally preserved early animals from more than half a billion years ago has been discovered in the Grand Canyon, one of the natural world's most iconic sites. Subscribe to ...

Sponges may be ancient, but their timeline has been murky. New research suggests the earliest sponges were soft and skeleton-free, explaining why their fossils don’t appear until much later. By ...

A remarkable assemblage of fossils from China is revealing that animal life diversified in Earth's primordial seas millions ...