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September 12, 2022

1.8M-year-old human tooth found by archaeologists

A human tooth estimated to be 1.8 million years old was found near the Georgian village of Orozmani, near where human skulls were found in the 1990s and 2000s.

August 22, 2022

Boy, 8 years old, discovers giant shark tooth in South Carolina: 'Find of a lifetime'

While on a family vacation in South Carolina, an eight-year-old boy found a 4.75-inch shark tooth believed to be from a long-extinct shark species, the angustidens, related to the megalodon.

July 5, 2022

Dinosaur skeleton to be auctioned in NYC, fossil is 76 million-years-old

A fossilized skeleton of a T. rex relative is being auctioned off by Sotheby's in New York. The Gorgosaurus skeleton will highlight Sotheby's natural history auction.

June 28, 2022

Yukon, Canada, miners find 30,000-year-old mummified baby woolly mammoth

Miners digging in the Klondike gold fields in Yukon, Canada, have found a mummified infant woolly mammoth considered to be the "most complete" discovery of its kind.

August 10, 2021

Australian researchers discover country's largest flying reptile

A team of Australian researchers has discovered the country's largest flying reptile.

July 29, 2021

This fossil could be Earth's earliest known animal

A sponge-like fossil dating back approximately 890 million years may be the oldest prehistoric animal on Earth.

July 9, 2021

5-year-old seemingly finds ancient megalodon tooth while vacationing in South Carolina

A 5-year-old shark tooth hunter might have made a remarkable prehistoric find during his vacation in North Myrtle Beach, S.C.

July 6, 2021

103-million-year-old dinosaur fossil found in Oregon

A new dinosaur fossil has been found in the state of Oregon.

June 29, 2021

World's oldest shark victim on record gets decoded by scientists

The mysterious death of a prehistoric man may have been solved with 3D modeling.

June 25, 2021

'Dragon Man' claimed as potential new human species after analysis of China skull

A large fossilized skull discovered in China in 1933 may be a new species of ancient human, scientists said on Friday.