Archeologists unearthed fossilized bone fragments in a cave in Spain that may represent a previously unknown species — making it the oldest-known human fossil ever discovered in Western Europe.

Romanian site with fossilized animal bones. A little background on Grăunceanu: This open-air site was originally excavated in the 1960s, and researchers found thousands of fossil animal bones there.

Museum discovers rare 67-million-year-old dinosaur bone under its own parking lot Fossil is found 750 feet underground during geothermal heating analysis. By Ashley J. DiMella Fox News.

Researchers reexamining fossils identified telltale marks made by human ancestors cutting meat from bones. The discovery pushes back the date hominins started living in Europe by 200,000 years.

Appearance. Although we still don’t know exactly what every dinosaur might have looked like, their bones provide important hints. For example, by comparing fossils from different individuals ...

Researchers have determined that fossilized bone fragments found in a cave in the Sierra de Atapuerca mountains of northern Spain come from the earliest known face in Western Europe, which ...

A 200 million-year-old slab of rock has been found to have 66 fossilized dinosaur footprints from the Early Jurassic. The rock was on display at an Australia high school for 20 years.

A search for the fossils of long-extinct creatures, hidden in Russia’s frigid waters. Skip to content Skip to site index. ... who has been diving for bones for nearly 10 years.

“There are only bones from 4 sites over 100,000 (years old) in the world that have ancient DNA,” she noted via email. ... which they say reveals the most complete Denisovan fossil to date. ...

There was only a fragment of a pinkie bone to go on. The fossil chip, found in a Siberian cave called Denisova, looked as if it might have come from a 66,000-year-old relative of today’s humans ...

BEIJING (CNN/CNN Newsource/WKRC) — The "Dragon Man" skull may help unravel an evolutionary mystery, according to researchers. A fossilized skull, unearthed from the depths of a well in China's ...