The Secrets of Fossil Teeth Revealed by the Synchrotron: A Long Childhood Is the Prelude to the Evolution of a Large Brain Nov. 13, 2024 — Could social bonds be the key to human big brains?

Júlia d’Oliveira Paleontologists have unearthed a well-preserved skull fossil that could advance our understanding of avian intelligence. This ancient bird lived in what is now Brazil roughly ...

The fossil teeth of a roughly 11-year-old individual reveal slowed development of premolar and molar teeth up to about age 5, followed by speeded development of those same teeth. That slower start ...

"This fossilized tooth found amid an assemblage of marine fossils including bryozoans, brachiopods, and crinoids indicates that the Qujing region experienced multiple marine transgressions from ...

A remarkable fossil could transform our understanding of how the intelligence of modern birds evolved. The 80-million-year-old complete skull of a bird is revealing more about the evolution of brain ...

Bruce Huber does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

BOULDER, Colo. — Paleontologists recently discovered a rare mammal fossil in western Colorado. It's a genus of mammal that lived between 70 million and 75 million years ago and has never been ...

Fifty years ago researchers working in the Afar region of Ethiopia recovered a remarkable fossil of an ancient relative of ours. This specimen of a female hominin, or member of the human family ...

When nations at last year’s global climate conference historically agreed to transition away from coal, oil and gas, Australia’s climate minister predicted that the “age of fossil fuels will ...

The identification of part of the fossilized remains of a so-called "terror bird" species in South America has given researchers new insight into the apex predators ...

The 237-million-year-old remains are among the oldest silesaurid fossils ever found, adding to paleontologists’ understanding of this still-mysterious group of prehistoric reptiles Alexa Robles ...

Researchers including a Johns Hopkins University evolutionary biologist report they have analyzed a fossil of an extinct giant meat-eating bird—which they say could be the largest known member of its ...