Clues are emerging about the ghostly clan that settled eastern Asia and left a genetic legacy in people today.

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

Fossilized tracks from an early reptile are now the oldest known reptilian tracks, meaning the tetrapod ancestor most likely ...

A sandstone slab discovered in the Snowy Plains Formation, located in the Mansfield Basin of southeast Australia, preserves ...

According to Professor John Long from Flinders University, these imprints challenge the traditional view of reptile evolution. According to the experts, the tracks suggest that these animals may have ...

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 ...