May 31 Dinosaurs are back with a climate change warning at the Smithsonian By Vicky Stein Sneak a peek at the Smithsonian's new Hall of Fossils. After a four-year renovation, the hall brings back old favorites and introduces lessons for humanity's future. Continue reading
Apr 05 Watch 4:32 How a self-taught fossil hunter made his biggest discovery By Pamela Kirkland In our NewsHour Shares moment of the day, this self-taught paleontologist has been looking for dinosaurs in creek beds and rivers for more than 30 years, and has become something of a legend in the field. Then, outside a NASA… Continue watching
Jan 28 Controversial fossil hints Homo sapiens blazed a trail out of Africa earlier than thought By Kate Wong, Scientific American The jaw fragment suggests our species began traveling abroad 50,000 years earlier than previously thought. Continue reading
Jun 10 Ancient fossils from Morocco mess up modern human origins By Kate Wong, Scientific American The findings may push back the origin of our species by more than 100,000 years and challenge leading ideas about where and how our lineage evolved. Continue reading
Feb 28 Laser light uncovers hidden secrets of feathered dinosaur fossils By Kristin Hugo In a new study, researchers have used lasers and simple cameras to uncover the body shape and texture of 200 fossils of a small, feathered dinosaur named Anchiornis huxleyi. Continue reading
Jun 28 Amber fossils tell 99 million-year-old story of unusual baby birds By Nsikan Akpan A pair of 99 million-year-old fossils reveal Cretaceous baby birds with finger claws and adultlike feathers. Continue reading
Sep 10 Watch 9:23 Trove of fossils from a long-lost human ancestor is greatest find in decades By PBS News Hour Scientists have discovered a new human-like species, deep in a cave system in South Africa. Researchers have said that the discovery could change our conception of human ancestry. For more on the discovery, Jeffrey Brown speaks to Jamie Shreeve of… Continue watching
Apr 07 After 100 years, Brontosaurus name may be making a comeback By Justin Scuiletti After more than a century of extinction in the scientific community, the name Brontosaurus may be ready to return to the ranks of its dinosaur brethren. Continue reading
Mar 20 Newly-discovered bipedal crocodile ancestor terrorized pre-dinosaur world By Justin Scuiletti Before dinosaurs roamed the Earth, the region we now know as North Carolina was ruled by a fearsome, bipedal, 9-foot-long crocodile ancestor known as Carnufex carolinensis, or the "Carolina Butcher."… Continue reading
Dec 30 Watch 5:01 Molding an identity for dinosaurs and human ancestors from the study of fossils By PBS News Hour Continue watching