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September 30, 2016

Argentine findings suggest earlier human presence in Americas

Bones and tools found at an archaeological site near the city of Tres Arroyos, Argentina, lend more evidence to the idea that prehistoric people lived in the Americas earlier than thought.

September 30, 2016

Big dinosaurs had 'bling' on their heads, report finds

Researchers have discovered that theropods that developed ornaments on their heads evolved to gigantic body sizes 20 times faster than those that didn’t.

September 8, 2016

Rare fossil captures a snake that ate a lizard that ate a beetle

The circle of life has been captured in a unique 48-million-year-old fossil.

September 7, 2016

Skeleton of prehistoric 'sea monster' found in Scotland

This week, researchers in Scotland unveiled the fossilized skeleton of “the Storr Lochs Monster”– a Jurassic–era predator known as an ichthyosaur that roamed the oceans 170 million years ago.

September 1, 2016

World's oldest fossils found in Greenland

Researchers have discovered fossils in Greenland that date to 3.7 billion years ago, making them the world’s oldest fossils, according to the University of Wollongong in Australia.

August 19, 2016

Rare find: T-rex skull will be shown at Seattle museum

On Saturday, a rare tyrannosaurus rex skull will go on display at the Burke Museum in Seattle, a discovery unearthed this summer in Montana.

August 16, 2016

New dolphin species discovered thanks to Smithsonian fossil

Researchers at the Smithsonian have identified a new species of river dolphin thanks to a fossil that has been in the museum's collection for over 60 years.

August 1, 2016

Oldest cancer in human ancestor found in 1.7-million-year-old bone

An ancient foot bone from South Africa with an aggressive form of cancer on it is the oldest evidence of cancer in a human relative, researchers from South Africa reported recently.

July 19, 2016

2,000-year-old dog graveyard discovered in Siberia

The carefully buried remains of five dogs were recently found in a 2,000-year-old doggy graveyard near the Arctic Circle in Siberia, according to archaeologists

July 8, 2016

Prehistoric tattoos were made with volcanic glass tools

Volcanic glass tools that are at least 3,000 years old were used for tattooing in the South Pacific in ancient times, a new study finds.