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A person's hand holding a large fossilized megalodon shark tooth, with a dark rough root and a pale striated enamel crown.

August 18, 2026

3.6-Million-Year-Old Megalodon Tooth Retrieved on Jersey Shore by Pennsylvania Father and Son

A Pennsylvania father and his 11-year-old son have recovered one of New Jersey’s rarest paleontological specimens: a massive tooth from a megalodon, the largest shark ever to live on Earth. Michael Bowers,

Three ancient human skull fossils arranged on a light-colored surface - the original Yunxian 1, a reconstructed model of Yunxian 2 (center, dark gray), and the original Yunxian 2 fossil.

Archaeology·Discovery·News·Science

Million-Year-Old Chinese Skull Pushes Human Evolution Back 400,000 Years, Scientists Confirm

A newly reconstructed skull from China is forcing scientists to rethink when humans began to evolve. The fossil, about one million years old, suggests our species may have started emerging much earlier than previously thought. The skull, known as Yunxian

September 27, 2025

Africa’s First Ankylosaur Had Meter-Long Spikes Fused to Skeleton, Reshaping Dinosaur Evolution

Paleontology

Scientists have discovered that Spicomellus afer, the world’s oldest ankylosaur, was covered with massive spikes – some reaching up to a meter long. These