Tag: Palaeontology press releases
Mammal diversity exploded immediately after dinosaur extinction
New analysis of the fossil record shows that placental mammals, the group that today includes nearly 5000 species including humans, became more varied in anatomy during the Paleocene epoch – the 10 million years immediately following the event.
Fossils reveal humans were greater threat than climate change to Caribbean wildlife
Nearly 100 fossil species pulled from a flooded cave in the Bahamas reveal a true story of persistence against all odds -- at least until the time humans stepped foot on the islands.
Taking dinosaur temperatures with eggshells
Researchers know dinosaurs once ruled the earth, but they know very little about how these animals performed the basic task of balancing their energy intake and output--how their metabolisms worked.
Shift in weaning age supports hunting-induced extinction of Siberian woolly mammoths
Chemical clues about weaning age embedded in the tusks of juvenile Siberian woolly mammoths suggest that hunting, rather than climate change, was the primary cause of the elephant-like animal's extinction.
Developing Saurolophus dino found at ‘Dragon’s Tomb’
Found with associated shell fragments, Saurolophus dino likely from nest, in earliest stages of development.
Cretaceous period mammal likely suffered from hair disease
An international team of researchers, together with participation from the University of Bonn, has investigated a stunning fossil finding from the Cretaceous period.