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Four ways that fossils are part of everyday life
The building blocks of the Giza pyramids contain trillions of fossilised remains of an ocean-dwelling organism called foraminifera.…
Explaining “Romer’s Gap” and the Missing Parts of Our Evolutionary Timeline
Paleontologists are always on the hunt for details hiding beneath our feet, slowly filling in the missing pieces…
T. Rex Had Vegetarian Cousins—And They Confused Scientists For Years
T. rex and Velociraptor may be famous for their menacing faces and slightly Hollywood-ified personas, but one thing…
Finding the World’s Oldest Predator (And All Its Friends)
Scientists once believed they had the earliest evidence of animals documented in sufficient detail. Of course, given how…
The world’s oldest fossils or oily gunk? New research suggests these 3.5 billion-year-old rocks don’t contain signs of life
Saul Shepstein, Author provided Birger Rasmussen, The University of Western Australia and Janet Muhling, The University of Western…
How we cracked the mystery of Australia’s prehistoric giant eggs
The giant bird Genyornis went extinct in Australia around 50,000 years ago. Gifford Miller, Author provided Matthew James…
Did “Lucy” Fall Out Of a Tree?
Perhaps you’ve heard of “Lucy,” the famous Austrolopithecus afarensis specimen found back in 1974. What you may not…
Triceratops Had a Pretty Weird Neck—Here’s Why It’s So Unique
Few dinosaurs evoke the imaginations of both kids and kids-at-heart like the Triceratops; these dinosaurs are among some…
Exquisite new fossils from South Africa offer a glimpse into a thriving ecosystem 266 million years ago
A fossilised insect wing with some of its colouration preserved is just one tiny treasure emerging from the…
What if the dinosaurs hadn’t gone extinct? Why our world might look very different
Ajnabia odysseus lived 66 million years ago, making it one of the last dinosaurs on Earth. Raul Martin…