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fossil
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A fossil baby helped scientists explain how mammals thrived after the dinosaur extinction – new research
An artist’s impression of the Pantolambda bathmodon H Sharpe, Author provided Gregory Funston, The University of Edinburgh Sixty-two…
September 28, 2022
We found the oldest ever vertebrate fossil heart. It tells a 380 million-year-old story of how our bodies evolved
Kate Trinajstic, Curtin University and John Long, Flinders University In the limestone ranges of Western Australia’s Kimberley region,…
September 27, 2022
How Do Seashells Get to Mountaintops?
Took a hike recently? You may have noticed certain features in the rock that, simply put, have seemingly…
September 17, 2022
This giant kangaroo once roamed New Guinea – descended from an Australian ancestor that migrated millions of years ago
Illustration by Peter Schouten, Author provided Isaac Alan Robert Kerr, Flinders University Long ago, almost up until the…
July 14, 2022
My job is full of fossilised poop, but there’s nothing icky about ichnology
The author and a colleague on the hunt for fossil traces. Morena Nava Lara Sciscio, Jurassica Museum If…
June 14, 2022
Tiny tracks tell of ancient paths made by gerbils and spiders on South Africa’s south coast
Branching gerbil burrows leading to a debris mound preserved on an ancient dune surface. Charles Helm Martin Lockley,…
April 19, 2022
Nerve Tissue Impressions Preserved In 500-Million-Year-Old Arthropod Fossils
It’s true that nature certainly seems relentless, in that it is only capable of preserving such a small…
March 9, 2022
Oldest Flowering Bud Found In 164 Million-Year-Old Plant Fossil
We’ve previously discussed how the rise of flowering plants may have also led to a boom in land-based…
February 2, 2022
UK Scientists Dig Up One of Its Biggest Ichthyosaurs Yet
It hasn’t been that long since we last heard of ichthyosaurs in online science discourse; just a few…
January 26, 2022
Australia’s Miocene Fossil “Trove” Reveals Its Tropical Past
A fossil “treasure trove” located within New South Wales recently revealed its findings, with stunning specimens of fossilized…
January 25, 2022