The 13 fossil teeth collected in the Ledi-Geraru Research Area from 2015–2018. The collections at LD 750 and LD 760 localities represent a newly-discovered species of Australopithecus. LD 302 and AS 100 represent early Homo already known from the LD 350 mandible discovered in 2013. Credit: Brian Villmoare: University of Nevada Las Vegas

Scientists uncover new fossils—and a new species of ancient human ancestor

Janjucetus dullardi calf and mother. Artwork by Ruairidh Duncan. Credit: Ruairidh Duncan / Museums Victoria

Shark-like ancient whale with slicing teeth discovered on Victoria’s Surf Coast

Dentition of Eocoileus gentryorum from the Gray Fossil Site compared to a sample of fossil and extant cervids. Credit: Palaeontologia Electronica (2025). DOI: 10.26879/1560

5-million-year-old deer fossils link modern wildlife to ancient North American forests

This illustration by Mauricio Alvarez depicts 'Yeutherium pressor,' a tiny mammal that lived in the time of the dinosaurs in what is now southern Chile.

Scientists find 74-million-year-old mammal fossil in Chile

Jacqueline Lungmus, an assistant professor of geosciences at the University of Oklahoma and UW undergraduate alum; Kenneth Angielczyk, curator of paleomammology at the Field Museum; and Brandon Peecook, associate professor of biological sciences at Idaho State University and a UW doctoral alum, excavate a fossilized dicynodont from the Permian of Zambia. Credit: Roger Smith/University of the Witwatersrand

Fresh fossil finds in Africa shed light on the era before...

Dominic Stratford of Stony Brook University and Tyler Faith collect a possible hominin tooth found in sediments cemented to the roof of a cave in South Africa’s Cango Valley. The fragile specimen will remain in South Africa and be CT scanned. Credit: Lauren Schroeder, University of Toronto Mississauga

South African caves filled with fossil clues to Pleistocene Epoch

Credit: John Friel, Alabama Museum of Natural History

Oddity from Alabama creek is tooth of dinosaur that reached 30...

Fossil studies of the extinct predator Dissacus praenuntius offer clues as to how ancient animals responded to environmental changes. The ancient omnivore was about the size of a jackal or a coyote. Credit: ДиБгд, CC BY 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons

An ancient predator’s bone-crunching diet shift offers clues on surviving climate...

a, A complete specimen with antennae and limbs (USNM PAL 65510). b, Limbs of GSC 34695a showing various degrees of flexure and extension. Credit: Sarah R. Losso

Ancient trilobite limbs reveal unique walking and burrowing abilities in prehistoric...

The Atapuerca Reindeer Fossil: an Upper Deciduous Third Molar from a Juvenile . Credit: Jan van der Made

Fossilized reindeer tooth reveals glacial-era fauna in ancient Iberian Peninsula

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