Biologists Uncover New Information About Earth’s First Animals
Life in the poles provides insights into the first animals on Earth. According to a recent study, the amazing survival techniques of polar marine creatures…
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500 Million Year-Old Fossils Solve a Centuries-Old Riddle in the Evolution of Life on Earth
Scientists have finally solved a centuries-old riddle in the evolution of life on earth, revealing what the first animals to make skeletons looked like. This…
New Discovery Fills Long-Missing Gap in Evolutionary History
The oldest gibbon fossil was discovered in southwest China. The earliest gibbon fossil has been found by a team of researchers, filling a long-missing evolutionary gap…
New Findings Rewrite the Evolutionary Story of “Fish to Human”
The discovery of a fossil “treasure hoard” illuminates the rise of fishes. Researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences‘ Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology…
439-Million-Year-Old Fossil Teeth Overturn Long-Held Views About Evolution
Rare Chinese fossil teeth have changed scientists’ beliefs about the evolution of vertebrates. An international team of scientists has found toothed fish remains that date…
Dinosaur “Mummies” Might Not Be Unusual – Unhealed Carnivore Damage on Dinosaur Skin
Data from fossils and modern carcasses indicates a simple path to preserving dinosaur skin. Dinosaur “mummies” aren’t as exceptional as we might expect. That’s because…
A Century After Its Discovery: Triassic Specimen Found To Be Early Relative of Pterosaurs
Over 100 years ago a tiny Triassic fossil reptile was first discovered in the northeast of Scotland. Now, a new analysis has revealed it to…
Ancestry of Three Major Animal Groups Revealed by 518-Million-Year-Old Armored Worm
A well-preserved fossilized worm dating from 518-million-years-ago resembles the ancestor of three major groups of living animals. An international team of scientists has discovered that…
Scientists Relieved To Discover Mysterious Creature Is Not Humanity’s Earliest Ancestor
The “curious” creature with no anus was demonstrated to not be related to humans. An international study team has found that a mysterious microscopic creature…
Extinct Prehistoric Reptile That Lived Among Dinosaurs Discovered by Smithsonian Researchers
Discovery sheds light on the tuatara, the last living member of a once-diverse group of reptiles that has almost entirely been supplanted by lizards. A…
Researchers Unravel the Secret of a 45 Million-Year-Old Death Trap
For fossil frogs, an ancient swamp is a sex death trap. Paleontologists at University College Cork (UCC) have determined why hundreds of fossil frogs in a…
Mega-Predator: Fossils Discovered of Giant Sea Monster That Ruled the Oceans 66 Million Years Ago
Paleontologists have discovered a huge new mosasaur from Morocco, named Thalassotitan atrox, which filled the apex predator niche. With massive jaws and teeth like those…
Megalodon – The Largest Shark That Ever Lived – Could Eat Prey the Size of Entire Killer Whales
Megalodon, the largest shark that ever lived, is famous for its gigantic, human-hand-sized teeth. However, there is little fossil evidence of its whole body. International…
Unlike Other Fish: Lungfish Brains Have Been Constantly Evolving for 400 Million Years
Brain space provides new insights into ancient lungfish. The evolution of the brain and nervous system in animals has been wound back more than 400 million…
Europe’s Last Panda? New Discovery of Species Closely Related to Giant Panda
Fossilized teeth originally found in the 1970s actually belong to a new, sizeable close relative of the modern giant panda. A new species of panda…
Prehistoric Fossil Fishing at the Farm – Jurassic Marine World Unearthed in a Farmer’s Field
An exceptional prehistoric site containing the remains of animals that lived in a tropical sea has been discovered in a farmer’s field in Gloucestershire, England….
“Bold Theory” That T. rex Was 3 Species Rebutted – “Tyrannosaurus rex Remains the One True King of the Dinosaurs”
Paleontologists find insufficient evidence that the iconic Tyrannosaurus rex should be reclassified. A bold assertion made earlier this year that fossils identified as belonging to…
New Giant Dinosaur Discovery Reveals Why Many Prehistoric Carnivores Had Such Tiny Arms
Discovery provides insight into the evolution and anatomy of big, carnivorous dinosaurs. Researchers discovered a new huge, meat-eating dinosaur, dubbed Meraxes gigas. The new dinosaur…
