A stunning fossil discovery has pushed the origins of chelicerates, the group that includes spiders, scorpions and horseshoe crabs, back to the Cambrian period, confirming that these clawed predato...
In Huayuan County, Hunan Province, China, a chance event during the construction of a farm road has unlocked Earth’s life secrets buried for 512 million years. The “Huayuan Biota,” discovered by...
A fossilized jawbone discovered in Ethiopia’s Afar Depression has been identified as belonging to the robust hominin genus Paranthropus, marking the first time this distinct human relative has bee...
In a stunning twist to our understanding of evolutionary history, an international team of scientists has revealed that the earliest known vertebrates possessed not two, but four image-forming eyes...
A groundbreaking study published in Nature reports the discovery of approximately 773,000-year-old hominin fossils from the Thomas Quarry I site in Casablanca, Morocco. Designated ThI-GH, these rem...
A groundbreaking discovery in paleoanthropology has emerged with the identification of hand and foot fossils unequivocally linked to Paranthropus boisei, a hominin species once thought to be incapa...
04-02 / 2026Research Highlight - Fossil Discovery Rewrites Origin of Spiders and ScorpionsA stunning fossil discovery has pushed the origins of chelicerates, the group that includes spiders, scorpions and horseshoe crabs, back to the Cambrian period, confirming that these clawed predato...
01-29 / 2026Research Highlight - Newly Discovered Cambrian “Huayuan Biota” Reveals Life’s Miracle After Mass ExtinctionIn Huayuan County, Hunan Province, China, a chance event during the construction of a farm road has unlocked Earth’s life secrets buried for 512 million years. The “Huayuan Biota,” discovered by...
01-28 / 2026Research Highlight - First Paranthropus Fossil Discovered in Ethiopia’s Afar Region, Revealing Early Hominin DiversityA fossilized jawbone discovered in Ethiopia’s Afar Depression has been identified as belonging to the robust hominin genus Paranthropus, marking the first time this distinct human relative has bee...
01-28 / 2026Research Highlight - Early Vertebrates Had Four EyesIn a stunning twist to our understanding of evolutionary history, an international team of scientists has revealed that the earliest known vertebrates possessed not two, but four image-forming eyes...
01-09 / 2026Research Highlight - Ancient Fossils in Morocco Reveal Deep African Roots of Our SpeciesA groundbreaking study published in Nature reports the discovery of approximately 773,000-year-old hominin fossils from the Thomas Quarry I site in Casablanca, Morocco. Designated ThI-GH, these rem...
10-20 / 2025Research Highlight - First known fossil hand of the hominin Paranthropus boiseiA groundbreaking discovery in paleoanthropology has emerged with the identification of hand and foot fossils unequivocally linked to Paranthropus boisei, a hominin species once thought to be incapa...