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Gobi Desert Fossil Reshuffles the Mammal Family Tree After 40 Years
A remarkably complete Cretaceous mammal skeleton named Ravjaa ishii, recovered from Mongolia's Gobi Desert, has resolved a four-decade dispute over where the enigmatic group Zhelestidae belongs in early mammal evolution — forcing scientists to redraw a key branch of the family tree.
Homo antecessor Cannibalized Adults and Children in Spain 850,000 Years Ago
Twenty-four new human fossil fragments from Spain's Gran Dolina cave show Homo antecessor systematically cannibalized both adults and children roughly 850,000 years ago, with cut marks and marrow-extraction fractures spanning tens of thousands of years of occupation.
Ancient Maryland Spearhead Yields Mammoth Blood, Upending Eastern Shore History
A knapped-stone spearhead quietly held in the Dorchester County Historical Society has yielded molecular traces linked to mammoth blood, marking the first known evidence of Paleoamerican mammoth hunting on Maryland's Eastern Shore and reshaping what researchers know about the region's earliest human inhabitants.
200,000-Year-Old Homo Skull Found in Spain Rewrites Iberian Prehistory
A hand-sized fragment of skull catalogued as RVH-1, dated to between 200,000 and 224,000 years old, is the first cranial fossil ever recovered from Spain's Ruidera site — and it's forcing researchers to rethink which archaic Homo populations occupied the Iberian Peninsula during the Middle Pleistocene.
Tarim Basin Mummies Look European — Their DNA Proved They Never Left Asia
For decades, scientists assumed China's Tarim Basin mummies were migrants from Europe or the western steppes. A landmark 2021 genomic study shattered that consensus, revealing they descended from an isolated ancient lineage with no detectable western ancestry.
Maryland Amateur Fossil Hunter Gets a 15-Million-Year-Old Species Named for Him
Researchers have formally named a newly described 15-million-year-old fossil pea crab Pinnotheres prochowniki after Bill Prochownik, a self-taught Calvert Cliffs fossil hunter whose volunteer work made him a cornerstone of Maryland's paleontological community.Load More
