Human ancestors like Australopithecus -- which lived around 3.5 million years ago in southern Africa -- ate very little to no meat, according to new research. This conclusion comes from an analysis of ...

A “ serrated blade” found sticking from a rock in the United Kingdom has been identified as a “nearly perfect” prehistoric ...

Citizen science is evolving in classrooms, as students contribute to understanding the ancient ecology of sharks through ...

Mastodon bones are rare discoveries, but Orange County, N.Y., has proved to be a national hotbed for these extraordinary ...

Charles Shelton Jr. has collected thousands of shark teeth, jaws and other fossils over the past three decades. He now shares ...

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The New York State Museum is hailing it as a "major discovery" that will help scientists better understand once-abundant ...

Their teeth have high, pointed crowns that functioned ... their property can play a role in scientific inquiry. While mastodon fossils aren't unusual, it's not every day gardeners find them ...

"He picked them up and realized they were teeth," he said.Excavation ... from this region."The fossils will be carbon-dated and analyzed to determine the mastodon's age, diet and habitat during ...