At more than 110 million years old, a fossil excavated in Brazil is the oldest undisputed ant fossil ever discovered. The finding adds to evidence that the first ants evolved on the supercontinent ...

While in search of dinosaur fossils, a team of Argentine and Chinese scientists in Argentina found something else instead: ...

Researchers have discovered a never-before-seen species of "hell ant" that lived 113 million years ago, making it the oldest ant fossil ever found.

Oldest fossils ever found show life on Earth began before 3.5 billion years ago. ScienceDaily. Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2017 / 12 / 171218151815.htm.

Oldest Homo sapiens fossils ever found push humanity's birth back to 300,000 years. Traci Watson. Special for USA TODAY. ... The 200,000-year-old fossils were found in eastern Africa, ...

These fossils could represent the oldest animals ever found. The remains were perhaps left by sponges that died nearly 900 million years ago, ... The Oldest Big Cat Fossil Found.

In a study published December 18 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, scientists confirmed that the oldest fossils ever discovered — found in a nearly 3.5-billion-year-old ...

A fossil unearthed in Canada is the oldest preserved adult jellyfish found, dating from over 500 million years ago. During the 1980s and 1990s, scientists uncovered exceptionally preserved remains ...

Oldest Human Fossils Found Fossil hunters in Africa have discovered human bones dating back 160,000 years. Paleontologists say the find adds detail to a crucial period in human evolution, and ...

Oregon State University. (2008, September 3). Oldest Gecko Fossil Ever Found, Entombed In Amber. ScienceDaily. Retrieved June 4, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2008 / 09 ...

Critics challenged a study’s claim that a netlike structure found in rocks in a Canadian mountain range could be an 890-million-year-old sponge fossil.

Life Oldest ant fossil ever found shows how ants took over the world. A fossilised 113-million-year-old hell ant from Brazil adds to the evidence that the first ants evolved in the southern ...