If Mars ever hosted microorganisms in its bygone oceans, their fossils might still be preserved in minerals—and now, we have ...

A cache of 1.5 million-year-old bone tools uncovered in Tanzania suggest ancient human ancestors were capable of critical ...

Most of this work is done by fossil preparators - experts in the tools and techniques needed to release specimens from the rock they’ve spent millions of years encased in. When palaeontologists find a ...

Deep in a trench in Tanzania, researchers found dozens of tools crafted from animal bones some 1.5 million years old.

Then I’d walk along the beach and just find stuff.’ Leave the tools to the professionals. Jack is a fossil hunting expert and knows which rocks to dig into, but for your first fossil hunting adventure ...

In Animal Crossing, the shovel is more than just a digging tool. It's your key to uncovering treasures, planting flora, and ...

The knee was much older than the earliest known stone tools. The following year Johanson's team discovered another fossil that is still a landmark in the story of human origins. "Lucy" -- named ...