The fossil find shows some modern animal behavior has very old roots, Sereno said.

New hominid fossil find in Indonesia;JFK's other forgotten sister.

The fossils found in the rocks of the earth's crust support this view.

The researchers will use new techniques to re-examine old fossil finds.

But the new fossil finds predate her by more than half a million years.

With his left hand, the solid figure points to other fossils found in Sicily.

An ammonite fossil found on the Jurassic Coast in Devon.

We know this because of some remarkable fossil finds made within the last decade or so.

He also made quite extensive investigations as to the geological formations and fossils found in his neighborhood.

But even a tiny fossil found in the right place can raise some really exciting questions about evolution.

It is only the second fossil found to date that shows signs of being attacked by a plesiosaur.

This evidence comes in the discovery of fossils found in the Hayden Quarry near Ghost Ranch, New Mexico.

Another fossil found in the same Siberian cave has been identified as that of a female Neanderthal's toe.

In the US, fossils found on private land belong to the landowner; prospectors simply need their permission to dig.

He argues the prominence of African fossil finds was largely due to their proximity to major palaeoanthropology research institutions.

Later fossil finds from the Hadar area, and comparisons with other primates, suggest that Lucy lived in a small social group.