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New Analysis Points to Bipedal Sahelanthropus 7 Million Years Ago

A peer-reviewed 3D study flags a femoral feature tied to hip stabilization in bipeds, prompting calls for new fossils to settle the question.

115-Million-Year-Old Australian Fossil Reveals Early Emergence of Giant Oceanic Sharks

Joe Burrow Gifts Bengals Linemen Authentic Fossils for Christmas

CT Scans Reveal First Evidence of Bees Nesting in Ancient Bones

New Study Says 'Little Foot' May Represent an Unknown Australopithecus Species

Mosasaur Tooth Shows Bus-Sized Marine Reptiles Hunted in Cretaceous Rivers

Smithsonian to Debut Rare, Nearly Complete Pachycephalosaurus Skull for Weeklong Holiday Display

Scientists Name Salwasiren qatarensis From Qatar’s Densest Sea Cow Fossil Bed

Prolonged Drought Tied to ‘Hobbit’ Disappearance on Flores, New Study Finds

France Returns Looted Tarbosaurus Skeleton to Mongolia

Newly Described Cretaceous Bird Packed With 800 Throat Stones Points to Choking Death

Newly Described Cretaceous Bird Likely Choked on 800 Stones, Study Finds

Rare 'Dinosaur Mummy' Fossil Arrives at Winona State for Multi-Year Study

Anacondas Have Stayed Giant for 12 Million Years, Fossil Study Finds

Nature Study Ties Burtele Foot to A. deyiremeda, Reveals Coexistence With A. afarensis

37,000-Year-Old Thorny Bamboo Fossil From Manipur Points to Ice-Age Refuge in Northeast India

Nature Study Links 2009 Burtele Foot to Australopithecus deyiremeda

Rare 95.5-Meter Sauropod Trackway Reconstructed, Reveals Subtle Gait Asymmetry

New Filter-Feeding Pterosaur, Bakiribu Waridza, Described From Fossilized Vomit

Science Study of Arctic Bonebed Reveals Rapid Post-Extinction Rise of Marine Tetrapod Ecosystems