The trouble was the area these fossils were found in would have been inland in the Late Cretaceous period. Other bones from a dinosaur named Segnosaurus were discovered in subsequent years in the Gobi ...

Editor in chief Nancy Shute recounts the 50-year anniversary of the hominid's discovery, which upended the study of human evolution.

The near-complete database reflects a spirit of trust and collaboration among the country’s scientific community — but will ...