New ‘king’ of fossils discovered in Australia
Fossils of a giant new species from the long-extinct group of sea creatures called trilobites have been found on Kangaroo Island, South Australia.
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New statistical formulas for assigning sex to fossils
The CENIEH researcher Adrián Pablos is co-author of a paper which offers a methodology for assigning the sex to fossils of Homo sapiens and opens
Baby pterodactyls could fly from birth
A breakthrough discovery has found that pterodactyls, extinct flying reptiles also known as pterosaurs, had a remarkable ability - they could fly from birth.
Scientists get a grip on sloth family tree
Scientists have solved the evolutionary puzzle of how sloths went from enormous ground-dwelling giants to the small, famously-laidback tree-climbers of the modern day.
Thai dinosaur is a cousin of T. rex
Scientists from the University of Bonn and the Sirindhorn Museum in Thailand have identified two new dinosaur species.
Researchers identify reddish coloring in an ancient fossil
Researchers have for the first time detected chemical traces of red pigment in an ancient fossil - an exceptionally well-preserved mouse, not unlike today's field
New species of extinct heron discovered at North Florida fossil site
When the bones of an ancient heron were unearthed at a North Florida fossil site, the find wasn’t made by researchers but by two Florida
Tooth fossils fill 6-million-year-old gap in primate evolution
Researchers have used fossilized teeth found near Lake Turkana in northwest Kenya to identify a new monkey species -- a discovery that helps fill a
First birds: Archaeopteryx gets company
Archaeopteryx’s throne is tottering. Since the discovery of the first fossil of the primal bird in 1861, it had been considered the only bird from
Research reveals surprisingly powerful bite of tiny early tetrapod
Micro-CT scanning of a tiny snake-like fossil discovered in Scotland has shed new light on the elusive creature, thought to be one of the earliest
New Jurassic non-avian theropod dinosaur sheds light on origin of flight in Dinosauria
A new Jurassic non-avian theropod dinosaur from 163 million-year-old fossil deposits in northeastern China provides new information regarding the incredible richness of evolutionary experimentation that
Oxygen variation controls episodic pattern of Cambrian explosion: study
The Cambrian Explosion around 540 million years ago was a key event in the evolutionary history of life. But what exactly controlled the Cambrian Explosion
The fossilisation process of the dinosaur remains
The site or bone bed at La Cantalera-1 is located in Teruel (Spain) and regarded as hugely important by the scientific community as it is
Scientists discover evolutionary link to modern-day sea echinoderms
Scientists at The Ohio State University have discovered a new species that lived more than 500 million years ago--a form of ancient echinoderm that was
Chewing versus sex in the duck-billed dinosaurs
The duck-billed hadrosaurs walked the Earth over 90-million years ago and were one of the most successful groups of dinosaurs.
99-million-year-old millipede discovered in Burmese amber
Even though we are led to believe that during the Cretaceous the Earth used to be an exclusive home for fearsome giants, including carnivorous velociraptors
Flowering plants, new teeth and no dinosaurs: New study sheds light on the rise of mammals
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences identified three factors critical in the rise of mammal communities since they first emerged during the Age of Dinosaurs:
Australian blue tongue lizard ancestor was round-in-the-tooth
Reconstruction of the most complete fossil lizard found in Australia, a 15 million year old relative of our modern blue tongues and social skinks named Egernia
The UPV/EHU analyses the fossilization process of the dinosaur remains at La Cantalera-1 (Teruel)
The study conducted with the University of Zaragoza confirms the existing information about a site with a large biodiversity of vertebrates.
Fossil crab reveals a new branch in the tree of life
A new fossil from the dinosaur era challenges the understanding of evolution.
Gobihadros, a new species of Mongolian hadrosaur
The complete skeletal remains of a new species of Mongolian dinosaur fill in a gap in the evolution of hadrosaurs.
The return of Cthulhu — the small sea critter
Cthulhu is calling from the ancient depths -- and this time, researchers are only too happy to speak its name.