Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The fossil of the Cambrian Period marine arthropod Fuxianhuiid, with gut preserved, discovered in Hunan province in southern China ...

The Huayuan biota fills a gap in the fossil record that has made it difficult to study recovery after the Sinsk event. With ...

A stunning new discovery in the Grand Canyon is offering scientists an unprecedented glimpse into Earth’s earliest complex life. Exceptionally preserved Cambrian fossils, dating back over 500 million ...

More than half a billion years ago, the Grand Canyon was not the arid landscape we know today but a shallow, tropical sea teeming with strange life. Now, scientists have uncovered a remarkable fossil ...

518-million-year-old fossil reveals vertebrates once had four eyes and extra organs that later shaped evolution.

Scientists say a Chinese fossil site offers the first major look at life after the Sinsk mass extinction.

(CNN) — Paleontologists have discovered remarkable fossils in the Grand Canyon that reveal fresh details about the emergence of complex life half a billion years ago. The newfound remains of fauna ...

Jan 28 (Reuters) - Scientists have unearthed in southern China fossils of a multitude of marine creatures dating to more than a half billion years ago, showing a deep-water ecosystem thriving in the ...