In 2017 or 2018, Ryohei Nakagawa, a curator at the Mie Prefectural Museum specializing in fossils of small mammals ... means “a dolphin from Mie's Miocene epoch” (between roughly 23 million ...

The species lived 11.6 million years ago, during the Miocene Epoch, and existed as an ancient ancestor of modern day apes and humans. Now, the same team has revealed another discovery — a new ...

The Ocucaje Desert in southern Peru has long been a goldmine for paleontologists, revealing fossils that provide glimpses ...

We begin this discussion of our species' evolution in Africa, near the end of the geological time period known as the Miocene, just before our lineage diverged from that of chimpanzees and bonobos.

Miocene: A geological epoch that lasted from about 23 to 5.3 million years ago, characterized by the rise of many modern mammal families and significant climatic changes. This Nature Research ...

Such a well-preserved specimen offers invaluable insights into marine life during the Miocene epoch. According to T-Online, researchers value the Groß Pampau site for its rich collection of ...

Two great apes — one small, one large — coexisted in what’s now Germany 11.6 million years ago, a new study says Two lines of ancient apes, including what may be the smallest great ape yet ...

The end of a terror bird’s left tibiotarsus, a lower leg bone in birds equivalent to that of a human tibia or shin bone, dates back to the Miocene epoch around 12 ...