Another significant early fossil discovery in Nevada happened entirely serendipitously.

His first fossil discovery was made in 1838.

Some of the greatest fossil discoveries were made in this area.

These were the bones in the skull of a large lizard, the expedition's most important fossil discovery.

As far back as the late 1850s significant fossil discoveries were occurring in Illinois.

In 2011, the Karamoja sub-region was the site of an important fossil discovery.

It was the second major fossil discovery in the region in the last two years.

The mid twentieth century saw several important fossil discoveries.

The assumption that birds are descended from dinosaurs has been brought into question by new fossil discoveries in the last few years.

One fossil discovery above all has transformed views of how we became human.