Fossilized footprints on a beach in Spain were made about 100,000 years ago by a family of Neanderthals, including children who jumped about as if playing in the sand.

The Laetoli footprints were formed and preserved by a chance combination of events -- a volcanic eruption, a rainstorm, and another ashfall. When they were found in 1976, these hominid tracks, at ...

Inside one of the large sloth footprints was the impression of a smaller foot—and this one was human. And there were several more like that, human print inside sloth print.

Two species of ancient human relatives crossed paths 1.5 million years ago. Fossilized footprints in Kenya captured the ...

Lumbering, long-necked dinosaurs frequented the same watering hole as their predators some 167 million years ago, a scientific study of dinosaur footprints found. Skip to main content Arrow-right ...

Two species of ancient human relatives crossed paths 1.5 million years ago. Fossilized footprints in Kenya captured the moment, according to a new study.

Two species of ancient human relatives crossed paths 1.5 million years ago. Fossilized footprints in Kenya captured the moment, according to a new study.