Study on Different Megafauna Species Reveal They Coexisted With Humans and Were Here Much Before Than Thought Experts have ...

Fossilized teeth from two ancient megafauna suggest they roamed Brazil 3,500 years ago. The find “opens the door to rewrite South American history.” ...

A team of anthropologists and evolutionary biologists affiliated with several academic institutions in the U.S., working with ...

A hunter was out looking for deer at a private ranch in West Texas when he spotted something unusual sticking out of the ...

Hundreds of megafauna fossils have been discovered over the past decade. Scientists are unearthing growing evidence to answer the question: How did these mega beasts die out? There's one thing ...

It seems some species of megafauna may have existed for much longer than previously assumed. However, some recent studies have obtained fossil evidence that challenges this consensus. In ...

While the statement doesn’t name a specific mammoth species, the tusk might have belonged to a Columbian mammoth, a distant cousin of the more familiar woolly mammoth. The shaggy elephantine animal ...

They were the ancient Australian megafauna—huge animals that roamed the continent during the Pleistocene epoch. In boneyards across the continent, scientists have found the fossils of a giant ...

Learn about our Editorial Policies. Paleogeneticist Alan Cooper of the University of Adelaide in Australia and his colleagues analyzed the genetic material from dozens of megafauna fossils from North ...

According to Live Science, the hunter was exploring the O2 Ranch in Brewster and Presidio counties near Big Bend National Park when he spotted a mammoth tusk lying in the drainage area of a creek bed.

Visitors are expected to stay on the official paths at a site where fossil protection is a top priority. Walking on the designated trails — Big Dig, Las Vegas Wash and Megafauna — comes with a ...