On November 24, 1974, Johanson was out prospecting for fossils of human ancestors with his graduate student Tom Gray, eyes trained on the ground, when he spotted a piece of elbow with humanlike ...

Now, two well-preserved fossils of the creature unearthed in France have finally revealed what Arthropleura’s head looked like, providing insights into how the giant arthropod lived. Today ...

According to a recent analysis, early humans likely struck the elephant bones to extract marrow, a high-energy, fat-rich tissue. This process left impact flakes on the bones, which scientists believe ...

During the late middle Pleistocene, between 300 and 400 thousand years ago, at least three ancient elephant relatives died ...

A giant fossil skull found in India’s ­Kashmir Valley 24 years ago belonged to an unknown “straight-tusked” extinct elephant ...

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Unearthed in a rock layer dating back to the Triassic period, between 252 million and 201 million years ago, the Gondwanax ...

Previous excavations had found human fossils deposited in the cave dating between 86,000 and 30,000 years ago, suggesting an ...

Earliest evidence of elephant butchery discovered in India Rare fossils show ancient human activity in Kashmir Valley Stone tools used to extract marrow from ancient elephant bones ...

(CNN) — For nearly two centuries, scientists have tried to solve an enduring mystery about a giant millipede-like animal named Arthropleura that used its many legs to roam Earth more than 300 ...