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fossil
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Rare Florida fossil finally ends debate about how porcupine jaws and tails evolved
A porcupine fossil recovered in Florida was the key clue in solving a paleontological mystery. Jeff Gage/Florida Museum,…
Exceptional new fish fossil sparks rethink of how Earth’s geology drives evolution
An illustration of the Ngamugawi wirngarri coelacanth in its natural habitat. Katrina Kenny Alice Clement, Flinders University and…
October 1, 2024
Fossil beetles found in a Botswana diamond mine help us to reconstruct the distant past
Sandiso Mnguni, University of the Witwatersrand When most people think of fossils they probably picture bones. But there’s…
April 18, 2024
Scientists Discover New Dinosaur Species with Bird-Like Sleeping Position
At a Glance A team of scientists from Hokkaido University, the Hokkaido University Museum, North Carolina State University,…
December 3, 2023
Jurassic Park: why we’re still struggling to realise it 30 years on
Rattana/Shutterstock Tiffany Shea Slater, University College Cork and Maria McNamara, University College Cork Jurassic Park is arguably the…
November 28, 2023
Bridging the Gap: A Look at Transitional Fossils
Ever find yourself on a border between two distinct cities? The city behind you may have its distinct…
November 5, 2023
Pollen in pee: fossilised urine from a small African mammal helps us understand past environments
The lessons pollen can teach us are not to be sneezed at. Elisa Manzati Lynne Quick, Nelson Mandela…
September 27, 2023
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.…
March 23, 2023
A kung-fu kick led researchers to the world’s oldest complete fish fossils – here’s what they found
Heming Zhang, Author provided John Long, Flinders University Some of the world’s most significant fossil discoveries have come…
November 24, 2022
‘Sea monsters’ were real millions of years ago. New fossils tell about their rise and fall
Thalassotitan teeth. Nicholas Longrich Nicholas R. Longrich, University of Bath Sixty six million years ago, sea monsters really…
November 17, 2022