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Fossils

A researcher holds a tiny, brown monkey skull between his fingers. The skull is no bigger than the palm of his hand.
Rewriting the fossil record
Published Summer 2025
Associate Professor Siobhán Cooke uses fossilized teeth to better understand the history of the world / Johns Hopkins Magazine
A fossil of a lizard is embedded in limestone and carefully excavated
Evolutionary biology
Meet Vadasaurus, an ancient sea creature
Published Dec 7, 2017
Fossil unlocks clues on evolution of certain types of reptiles from life on land to life in the sea / Hopkins Medicine
An artist's rendering depicts a furry tan monkey clinging to a tree branch
Evolution
Extinction mystery solved?
Published Aug 11, 2017
New fossil evidence suggests humans played a role in monkey's demise in Jamaica
Evolution
Lucy liked to climb
Published Nov 30, 2016
CT scans of fossil's bones indicate human ancestor spent a significant amount of time in trees
The lemur sits on a bar in a cage. It is small and hunched and has a long curling tail.
Fossil find
Primate evolution puzzle
Published Aug 16, 2016
25 tiny bones recently discovered in India bolster controversial idea about early primate evolution
Fossil hunter
Much more than a hobby
Published Fall 2015
Amateur fossil hunter Aaron Alford has earned the respect of paleontologists. If only he had more time and money. / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Ancient horses from the bone mine
Published Spring 2015
In an Indian mine, Hopkins researchers make a paleontological discovery / Johns Hopkins Magazine