Paradigm-shattering discovery reveals that the relationship between early humans and Neanderthals was more complex than ...

Scientists discovered a giant echidna fossil in Australia that shows these animals lived across a wider area during the Ice ...

Homo erectus may have deliberately selected rocks embedded with fossils and crystals to craft their hand axes — possibly to ...

Long before modern bears roamed forests and mountains, a massive predator dominated parts of prehistoric South America.

A Texas paleontologist has made a discovery that could re-write what scientists know about prehistoric life in the state. In ...

A team of paleontologists from the University of Texas at Austin spent nearly two years snorkeling and crawling through a water-filled cave on private land in Comal County, Texas, collecting fossils ...

They found remains of animals that have never been uncovered in Central Texas. The fossils hint that the region was warm, ...

Traces of early humans have been found in our backyard, but how much do you know about South Africa's Cradle of Humankind?

Two researchers snorkeling in a subterranean stream in Texas discovered fossils from the Late Pleistocene epoch, revealing new details about what lived in this ancient ecosystem. When you purchase ...

A paleontologist snorkeling through a Texas underwater cave found Ice Age fossils scattered across the streambed, including species never documented in Central Texas. The site is Bender’s Cave in ...

A paleontologist snorkeling through an underwater Texas cave stumbled onto something nobody expected: fossils of giant tortoises, saber-tooth cats and armadillo relatives that had never been ...

Russell has a PhD in the history of medicine, violence, and colonialism. His research has explored topics including ethics, science governance, and medical involvement in violent contexts. Russell has ...