Fossilized footprints of a primitive reptile found on a slab of rock from Australia could rewrite the story of how animals ...

Scientists were finally given access to a remarkable Archaeopteryx fossil that’s allowed them to better understand exactly ...

A new study suggests two fossil trackways found in Australia were made by an early amniote, a group that today includes ...

Throughout the evolutionary history of life on Earth, there have been some pretty strange creatures. If you tried to make a ...

A report in the journal Nature estimates that the amniote tracks date to between 350 million and 359 million years ago.

The ancient footprints from Australia were found on a slab of sandstone recovered near Melbourne and show reptile-like feet ...

Embedded in the slab’s fine sandstone are delicate imprints: long toes ending in sharp claws, left by an animal that trotted ...

New fossil tracks found in Australia may rewrite everything we thought we knew about animals’ move from sea to land.

Fossil claw prints found in Australia were probably made by the earliest known members of the group that includes reptiles, ...

Tracks in Australia seem to be the earliest known prints of amniotes — a group that includes reptiles, birds and mammals.

In other words, the appearance of reptiles—and by extension, the evolutionary branch that leads to humankind—gets pushed back by 35 million years. The team’s conclusions also mean that the split ...