Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Did we Homo sapiens first emerge in Africa or Europe? A new study sheds some light on this enduring mystery (PIERRE ANDRIEU) ...

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Where did our species first emerge? Fossils discovered in Morocco dating back more than 773,000 years bolster the theory that Homo sapiens originally appeared in Africa, scientists said in a study ...

JENSEN, Utah (KTVX) — For the first time in over 100 years, fossils have been excavated from what is now the parking lot of the Quarry Exhibit Hall at Dinosaur National Monument in Utah. According to ...

DINOSAUR, Colo. — Some recent parking lot construction work in Dinosaur National Monument has revealed previously uncovered dinosaur fossils, the National Park Service said in a media release. The new ...

WASHINGTON, Jan 7 (Reuters) - Fossilized bones and teeth dating to 773,000 years ago unearthed in a Moroccan cave are providing a deeper understanding of the emergence of Homo sapiens in Africa, ...

A 407-million-year-old fossil may belong to an unknown branch of life, according to a new study. In 1843, a Canadian geologist named William Edmond Logan discovered this large, log-shaped fossil in ...

Ancient lungfish fossils show how early fish evolved features that eventually allowed animals to leave the water and adapt to life on land.