The discovery helps date the transatlantic migration to about 34 million years ago, around the…
Browsing: Paleontology
Paleontology is the scientific study of life in Earth’s past, primarily through the analysis of fossils—remains, traces, or impressions of ancient organisms preserved in rock. By uncovering and interpreting these remnants, paleontologists reconstruct evolutionary histories, ecosystems, and environmental changes that have occurred over millions of years. This field bridges geology and biology, shedding light on everything from the age of dinosaurs to the earliest microbial life. Explore this page for the latest fossil discoveries, analytical techniques, and insights into how ancient life helps us understand both the past and the future of our planet.
Study pinpoints minimum survivable size of Jurassic crocodiles. Taking the evolutionary plunge into water and…
Researchers open a window onto ancient mammal evolution using fossils from Germany. The former coalfield…
A topic of considerable interest to paleontologists is how dinosaur-dominated ecosystems were structured, how dinosaurs…
Our Direct Human Ancestor — Homo Erectus — Is Older Than We Thought An unusual…
Beer stein-shaped distant relative of modern clams captured snapshots of hot days in the late…
Researchers have found evidence of rainforests near the South Pole 90 million years ago, suggesting…
New dates for fossils indicate land animal turnover extended for hundreds of thousands of years.…
A community of flying reptiles that inhabited the Sahara 100 million years ago has been…
The discovery of a new species of dromaeosaurid — a family of generally small to…
A new feathered dinosaur that lived in New Mexico 67 million years ago is one…
A wormlike creature that lived more than 555 million years ago is the earliest bilaterian.…
The world’s animal distribution map will need to be redrawn and textbooks updated, after researchers…
https://youtu.be/kMxbsZoH7DA An ancient fossil found in Canada reveals new insights into how the human hand…
The oldest fossil of a modern bird yet found, dating from the age of dinosaurs,…
When a partial fossil specimen of a primordial marine worm was unearthed in Utah in…
They are among the most recognizable dinosaurs … now paleontologists have discovered that stegosaurs left…
Researchers at the University of Bonn are investigating the conservation status of the reptile, which…