A recent study published in Quaternary Research describes the discovery and identification of possible aardvark tracks and ...

Recently, paleontologists Dr. John-Paul Zonneveld, Dr. Sarah Naone, and Dr. Brooks Britt described the discovery and ...

A small but fascinating collection of Megalodon teeth exhibit deep bite marks from other Megalodons, raising questions about ...

The fossilization process itself can take anywhere from a matter of days to millions of years. Waiting for mineral-rich ...

This schoolyard boulder with ancient footprints is revealing a vibrant moment in Australia's prehistoric past.

To reconstruct the timeline of ecosystem recovery on land, Tian and colleagues analyzed trace fossils (such as burrows and footprints), plant remains and vertebrate fossils preserved in ...

The most plausible explanation for the trace fossils, researchers said, is that they were “drag marks formed by travois consisting of a single pole or crossed poles pulled by humans”. They suspect the ...

To reconstruct the timeline of ecosystem recovery on land, Tian and colleagues analysed trace fossils (such as burrows and footprints), plant remains and vertebrate fossils preserved in ...

These trace fossils are interpreted as recording foraging strategies employed by lake-margin waterbirds searching for prey. The fossils were recovered from the Green River Formation, which spans ...