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These Neronian points have no equivalent technology among the Neanderthal groups that lived before and after the arrival of the first modern humans in Grotte Mandrin.

How a Baby Tooth and Soot Rewrote the Story of Humans in Europe

Modern humans arrived in Southern France—deep in Neanderthal territory—10,000 years earlier than thought.

Ludovic Slimak February 14, 2022

Subeng River dinosaur footprints.

Jonathans, Lesotho

Subeng River Dinosaur Prints

Take a step into the Cretaceous Period with these preserved dinosaur tracks.

Just as it came out of the ground

Great Plains Dinosaur Museum

This small museum is home to some of the oldest and best-preserved dinosaur specimens found in Montana.

Goodsell Ridge Fossil Preserve on Isle La Motte

Isle La Motte, Vermont

Goodsell Ridge Fossil Preserve

Journey through various trails to discover a land before time along the Chazy Fossil Reef.

Paleontologist Stephen Durham closes up a bag of oyster samples on the Florida coast, where conservationists are preparing for the future by reconstructing the past.

Why Are Paleontologists Getting Into Florida's Oyster Business?

Conservationists are teaming up with fossil experts to help the bivalves—and the state's oyster economy—survive.

Jack Tamisiea December 15, 2021

Stump in place.

Gerlach, Nevada

George W. Lund Petrified Forest

A little-known occurrence of fossil wood in northern Washoe County, Nevada, near the Black Rock Desert.

Students in a new paleoanthropology master’s program—co-led by the Turkana Basin Institute and Turkana University College—visit Kenya's Kokiselei archaeological site.

East Africa's New Generation of Human Evolution Researchers

In a region central to the study of human evolution, a new program focuses on training more African students.

Linda Nordling December 13, 2021

Ciampate del Diavolo

Ciampate del Diavolo (Devil's Footprints)

A trail of footprints discovered after a landslide was left not by the Devil, as originally believed, but by an early human ancestor.

Durham, North Carolina

Durham's Hidden Dinosaur

Don't be surprised if you see a long-necked dinosaur peeking out from among the trees in Northgate Park.

Egypt is home to fossils that include a range of ancient marine animals, such as this early whale from Wadi al-Hitan, southwest of Cairo.

Meet the Egyptian Scientists Studying 'Ghosts' of the Desert

The country's extensive fossils include early ancestors of whales, the largest mammals on the planet.

Jessica Leigh Hester September 21, 2021

A thin section of petrified wood identified as <em>Cynometra</em>, a genus of tree also found throughout the tropics today.

To Imagine a 39-Million-Year-Old Forest, Start Small—Very Small

Decades of work has revealed a "megadiverse" ancient landscape in northern Peru that was destroyed in a volcanic eruption.

Gemma Tarlach September 16, 2021

DInosaur tracks.

Tuba City, Arizona

Moenave Dinosaur Tracks

One of the most extensive and well-preserved collections of dinosaur footprints in North America.

One of the largest <em>T. rex</em> skeletons ever found, "Scotty" was apparently at home in a swampy Saskatchewan.

T. Rex Thrived in a Swampy Home, According to Amber 'Time Capsule'

Fragments of fossilized tree resin suggest the iconic dinosaur ruled an ecosystem similar to the Everglades.

Jack Tamisiea August 26, 2021

Podcast: Valley of the Whales

Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.

The Podcast Team July 7, 2021

Allan Hills

An ice field known for harboring an infamous Martian meteorite turned out to contain the oldest air on Earth.

La Balena della Val di Zena

A great white whale sculpture now sits in the location where the remains of a prehistoric cetacean were found.

A dinosaur sculpture at the site.

Fátima, Portugal

Pegadas de Dinossáurios da Serra de Aire Natural Monument

The ancient sauropod tracks found in this former quarry are some of the largest in the world.

Gildardo and other amber miners work in the tunnels' high heat and humidity using basic tools like a pick, sledgehammer, and shovel.

Amber Mines in Mexico Offer Hope, Hazards, and 'A Perfect Time Capsule'

In Simojovel's network of dark tunnels, workers risk their lives to find coveted treasures that preserve a distant past.

Emiliano Ruprah April 28, 2021