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Archaeopteryx Fossil Provides Insights Into The Origins of Flight

December 9, 2020

Flying birds moult their feathers when they are old and worn because they inhibit flight performance, and the moult strategy is typically a sequential molt.

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Newly Discovered Fossils Prove ‘Shangri-La’-Like Ecosystem in Central Tibet

December 8, 2020

Despite decades of investigation, Tibet's ancient topography and its role in climatic and biotic evolution remain speculative due to a paucity of quantitative surface height measurements through time and space, and sparse fossil records.

Palaeontology

Incredible Vision in Ancient Marine Creatures Drove an Evolutionary Arms Race

December 3, 2020

Ancient deep sea creatures called radiodonts had incredible vision that likely drove an evolutionary arms race according to new research published today.

Palaeontology

Rare Cretaceous-Age Fossil Opens New Chapter in Story of Bird Evolution

November 26, 2020

A Cretaceous-age, crow-sized bird from Madagascar would have sliced its way through the air wielding a large, blade-like beak and offers important new insights on the evolution of face and beak shape in the Mesozoic forerunners of modern birds.

Palaeontology

Water-to-Land Transition in Early Tetrapods

November 26, 2020

The water-to-land transition is one of the most important and inspiring major transitions in vertebrate evolution.

Palaeontology

T. Rex Had Huge Growth Spurts, But Other Dinos Grew “Slow and Steady”

November 25, 2020

Tyrannosaurus rex was one of the biggest meat-eating dinosaurs of all time--it measured up to 42 feet long from snout to tail and would have weighed in at around 16,000 pounds.

Palaeontology

Ireland’s Only Dinosaurs Discovered in Antrim

November 24, 2020

The only dinosaur bones ever found on the island of Ireland have been formally confirmed for the first time by a team of experts from the University of Portsmouth and Queen's University Belfast, led by Dr Mike Simms, a curator and palaeontologist at National Museums NI.

Palaeontology

Study Reveals True Origin of Oldest Evidence of Animals

November 23, 2020

Two teams of scientists have resolved a longstanding controversy surrounding the origins of complex life on Earth.

Palaeontology

Prehistoric Shark Hid its Largest Teeth

November 19, 2020

Some, if not all, early sharks that lived 300 to 400 million years ago not only dropped their lower jaws downward but rotated them outwards when opening their mouths.

Palaeontology

Paleontologists Uncover Three New Species of Extinct Walruses in Orange County

November 16, 2020

Millions of years ago, in the warm Pacific Ocean off the coast of Southern California, walrus species without tusks lived abundantly.

Palaeontology

Fossil Shark Turns in to Mystery Pterosaur

November 12, 2020

Palaeontologists have made a surprising discovery while searching through 100-year-old fossil collections from the UK - a new mystery species of pterosaur, unlike anything seen before.

Palaeontology

The First Duckbill Dinosaur Fossil From Africa Hints at How Dinosaurs Once Crossed Oceans

November 9, 2020

The first fossils of a duckbilled dinosaur have been discovered in Africa, suggesting dinosaurs crossed hundreds of kilometres of open water to get there.

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