Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A life reconstruction of Prototaxites taiti growing in the 407-million-year-old Rhynie chert ecosystem. (CREDIT: M. Humpage, ...

Scientists confirm CT scanning doesn't interfere with natural decomposition processes, opening new windows into understanding how fossils form. Scientists have found that X-Ray scanning reveals ...

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Our planet is several billion years old—a number so vast it’s almost impossible to truly comprehend. In all that time, ...

(CNN) — A cache of human-like fossils from China has perplexed scientists for decades, defying explanation or categorization. The skull fragments, teeth, jaws and other remains unearthed at different ...