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100,000 Fossils in a New Jersey Quarry? Here’s Why Paleontologists Say It's a Prehistoric Hotspot.

When you think of prime locations for finding fossils of the ancient creatures that inhabited our planet thousands of years ago, notable places like Egypt and China may come to mind. But what about … ...

773,000-year-old Moroccan cave fossils reveal human and neandertal evolutionary split

A set of ancient human fossils found on Morocco’s Atlantic coast now sits on one of the tightest timelines in African prehistory. The remains come from Thomas Quarry I, and a new analysis pins them ...

Experience paleontology with fossil finding tours at the St. George Dinosaur Discovery Site

Fossil finding tours have returned at the St. George Dinosaur Discovery Site. This is your opportunity to be a paleontologist ...

First new fossils in more than 100 years discovered at Colorado’s Dinosaur National Monument

Routine parking lot construction at Colorado’s Dinosaur National Monument unearthed new fossils last fall, the first discovery at the monument in more than 100 years, according to NPS.
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Accidental fossil discovery at Dinosaur National Monument is first in a century. And it’s massive.

Construction crews have helped excavate the first fossils in Dinosaur National Monument in more than 100 years. The bones, which belonged to a massive sauropod, were discovered during work on a ...