Hyaenodon, extinct carnivorous mammals, late Eocene to middle Miocene. (Florilegius/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)Between the nightmare of an Eocene-like world and the no-longer ...

Paleontologists in Egypt have unearthed a nearly complete skull of a Hyaenodonta, an extinct group of apex predators that once dominated African ecosystems. The discovery, made in the Fayum Depression ...

They then vanished from the country’s fossil record during the Late Miocene (around 9 million years ago) and then reappeared in the Pliocene and Pleistocene eras (5.3 and 2.6 million years ago). The ...

They finally went extinct in the late Miocene and gave way to new top predators, including the ancient ancestors of modern cats. “The discovery of Bastetodon is a significant achievement in ...

Changes from an ape-like anatomy are discernible in hominoid fossils from the late Miocene in Africa. Some hominoid species from this period exhibit traits that are typical of humans but are not ...

But citrus itself is ancient. Fossilized leaves discovered in China’s Yunnan Province in 2009 and 2011 suggest citrus has existed since the late Miocene epoch, as many as seven million years ago.

Robinson also expanded the collection internationally, adding Miocene faunas from Tunisia and late Pliocene fossils from South Africa. In 1972, Judith Harris joined the UCM, spearheading a revitalized ...