Dinosaur teeth are no longer just relics of prehistory. Scientists have discovered they hold an untapped record of Earth’s deep climate past, revealing that atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO₂) levels ...

A barnacle-covered tooth found off the North Carolina coast counts as one of the largest megalodon shark teeth ever ...

Scientists have traced the fish genus Cyclothone much further back in time by studying tiny teeth preserved in seafloor sediments. According to Yale News, the evidence suggests this group of fish ...

Compared to the great apes, humans have an exceptionally long childhood, during which parents, grandparents and other adults contribute to their physical and cognitive development. This is a key ...

Scientists in Ethiopia unearthed pieces of 2.65 million-year-old fossilized teeth belonging to two members of a newly discovered Homo species that could challenge previously accepted understandings of ...

A few teeth found in an outback fossil deposit have helped connect a 30-million-year blind spot in Australia's evolutionary history.

For paleontologists who study animals that lived long ago, fossilized remains tell only part of the story of an animal's life. While a well-preserved skeleton can provide hints at what an ancient ...

A fragment of upper jaw fossil from the Early Cretaceous is among the oldest examples of a toothless amphibian in the fossil record Chihiro Kai The arid valleys of Wyoming’s Cloverly Formation are ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. A brand new species of prehistoric shark has been discovered, and its ...

At the end of the Cretaceous Period, a type of giant reptile called mosasaurs occupied and dominated oceanic food webs. Mosasaurs had long bodies and were related to both snakes and monitor lizards.

Could social bonds be the key to human big brains? A study of the fossil teeth of early Homo from Georgia dating back 1.77 million years reveals a prolonged childhood despite a small brain and an ...