A major new discovery is shedding light on the early origins of vertebrates. Fossils of some of the oldest known bony fish, found in China, have revealed key details about the evolution of bones, ...

Scientists have discovered fossils in China that reveal a crucial transition from simple to complex life on Earth.

A 242-million-year-old fossil found on a beach in Devon, England, is changing what we know about lizard evolution. A new study, published in Nature, details how this ancient reptile is giving ...

Newly discovered fossils in Ethiopia show that Homo coexisted with Australopithecus 2.6 million years ago, rewriting the timeline of human evolution. Far from a straight line, early human history was ...

Could a Moroccan cave hold a crucial piece of the puzzle of human origins? Hominin fossils dating back 773,000 years discovered in the country are bringing new evidence to the debate about the last ...