He painstakingly removed a fossil skull from this material ... especially African women, and Black Africans more broadly.

Found at the Sima del Elefante site in the Atapuerca Mountains, the fossils make up a partial skull comprised of the left side of the face of an adult hominin. The mineralized bones are the ...

They know they can make many times that amount by selling just one prized fossil on the black market. Even if recovered, illegally removed fossils have diminished scientific value, says Xu Xing of ...