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The exceptionally well-preserved tusk belonged to a member of a long extinct species of giant, straight-tusked elephants.

Remains from Chad desert provoke rancorous dispute over whether species was earliest to walk upright

The Gallery of Statues site is located in the Cueva Mayor-Cueva del Silo Complex in the Atapuerca archeological site, in Spain.

Scientists in Zimbabwe have discovered the remains of Africa's oldest dinosaur, which roamed the earth around 230 million years ago. The dinosaur, named Mbiresaurus raathi, was only about one meter (3.2 feet) tall, with a long tail, and weighed up to 30 kilograms (66 pounds), according to the international team…

Paleontologists have discovered a new species of crocodile that lived with the last dinosaurs and that laid the thickest eggs on record.

The fossil, which was near-complete barring some of the hand and portions of the skull, is the oldest-known definitive dinosaur found in Africa to date.

The specimen is likely to provide information about what the dinosaur looked like and its anatomy.

The GlasGLOW and Elfingrove events expect to bring up to 350,000 visitors to the city

Finding ‘Mbiresaurus raathi’ also helps scientists develop new theory of dinosaur migration

The Muttaburrasaurus Interpretation Centre was built with local rocks as the main material and requires no power or staff to run, features that won the architect a design award.

Palaeontologists studied growth lines and elements preserved in fossil teeth to reconstruct the day-to-day life of Pantolambda bathmodon