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Laser Dating Pins Dinosaur Egg Clutch to 85–86 Million Years Ago

The approach lets researchers link nest conditions to a regional cooling phase, paving the way for broader sampling.

Oldest Known Lepidosaur From 242 Million Years Ago Recasts Early Lizard Evolution

Fossil Study Rewrites Woylie Lineage With Likely Extinct Species

X-Rays Reveal Dozens of UK Triassic Fossils Were Coelacanths, Not Reptiles

Storms Killed and Preserved Baby Pterosaurs, Study Finds

Bear Skull Study Confirms Roman Arena Combat at Viminacium

Study Links Violent Jurassic Storms to Baby Pterosaur Deaths

Nullarbor ‘Little Bettong’ Described as New Species as Woylie Complex Is Split in Taxonomic Overhaul

Ghost Sharks Grow True Forehead Teeth, Rewriting Rules of Tooth Development

Scientists Describe Kostensuchus Atrox, a Dinosaur‑Eating Croc Relative From Patagonia

1.8-Million-Year-Old Early Human Jawbone Found at Georgia’s Orozmani Site

140,000-Year-Old Skhul Child Shows Mixed Traits, Pointing to Early Human–Neanderthal Interbreeding

Dire Wolf Skull Leads Heritage Auction of Fossils and Meteorites on Aug. 29

Fossil Teeth in Ethiopia Point to Oldest Homo and a Possible New Australopithecus

Researchers Name New Oligocene Whale Janjucetus dullardi

Ledi-Geraru Teeth Reveal Unnamed Australopithecus Coexisting With Early Homo

Ethiopian Fossil Teeth Reveal Early Homo and Unnamed Australopithecus Coexisted

UT Paleontologists Prepare 3D Documentation of Newly Revealed Dinosaur Tracks

Germany’s Oldest Pterosaur Teeth Identified by Citizen Scientists at Eifel Park

Million-Year-Old Tools Push Back Hominin Presence on Sulawesi