Fossils suggest that most modern groups appeared ... and dozens of other large Ice Age mammals all vanished by about 11,000 years ago. Many scientists cite climate change. Others say it was ...

Roughly half a million years ago, a group of armadillo-like mammals, horses, and sloths met their end in a sinkhole in what ...

Ironically, this fossil-rich area fell within those boundaries ... Were our ancestors cruising around with Ice Age mammals? Despite massive excavations, chronicled by National Geographic, scientists ...

Global warming is producing a rapid loss of plant species—according to estimates, roughly 600 plant species have died out ...

with many large mammals going extinct and others experiencing reductions in body size. New research, published in Quaternary Science Reviews, has considered mammal fossils of gazelle, hare and fox ...

At that time, grasses covered this area of New Mexico, and large mammals, such as Columbian mammoths and dire ... which is home to the largest collection of Ice Age megafauna tracks in the world.

Our research will test current hypotheses to explain body size variation in ice-age mammals, including ... Our previous work on mammal fossils has produced valuable resources for the study of body ...

Before Ice Age Fossils State Park, there was the ‘Big Dig’ — PHOTOS Before Ice Age Fossils State Park was even an idea, there was the Big Dig. From October 1962 to January 1963 ...

Using the largest dataset of human fossils from Ice Age Europe to date ... open steppe landscapes that could support large herds of mammals—the main source of food for hunter–gatherers.

Fossils are physical evidence of prehistoric animals and plants. They tell us about the history of our planet, from climate and evolution to diets and diseases. There may be more to these prehistoric ...

After seven years, three governors and much anticipation from community members and paleontology lovers, Ice Age Fossils State Park is finally opening to the public. The park celebrated its long ...