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Paleontologists find fossil relative of Ginkgo biloba
March 8, 2017
A discovery of well-preserved fossil plants by paleontologists from the United States, China, Japan, Russia and Mongolia has…
First demonstration of sexual selection in dinosaurs identified
January 14, 2016
Protoceratops had a large bony frill that extended from the back of the head over the neck. Study…
Australia’s new armoured dinosaur revealed
December 8, 2015
It has a parrot-like beak, bones in its skin and an inner ear similar to a turtle. Meet…
Isle of Skye fossil makes three species one
November 17, 2015
During a fossil-hunting expedition in Scotland last year, a team of researchers from the University’s Department of Earth…
Newly-discovered ‘ring of teeth’ helps determine what common ancestor of moulting animals looked like
June 26, 2015
A new analysis of one of the most bizarre-looking fossils ever discovered has definitively sorted its head from…
Paleo study shows how elevation may affect evolution
June 4, 2015
About 34 million years ago, global temperatures took a dive, causing a sudden wave of extinctions among European…
How Were Fossil Tracks Made by Early Triassic Swimming Reptiles So Well Preserved?
March 2, 2015
A type of vertebrate trace fossil gaining recognition in the field of paleontology is that made by various…
New fossil timeline database opens for the tree of life
February 26, 2015
Data on the origins of Australia’s unique platypus, echidna and kangaroos have been added to a new open-source…
Wrinkles in time: Researchers say that ripples in ancient rock may be signs of early life
September 15, 2014
Take a walk along any sandy shoreline, and you’re bound to see a rippled pattern along the seafloor,…
Rendering-based reconstruction: Graduate student brings extinct plants to life
April 15, 2014
Jeff Benca is an admitted über-geek when it comes to prehistoric plants, so it was no surprise that,…
Resurrecting dinosaurs with medical scanners and 3D printers
November 29, 2013
Accurate copies of fossilised bones can now be made from the combined use of computed tomography (CT) scans…
Extinct ‘mega claw’ creature had spider-like brain 520 million years ago
October 17, 2013
Research led by University of Arizona Regents’ Professor Nick Strausfeld and London Natural History Museum’s Greg Edgecombe has…
European hunter-gatherers and immigrant farmers lived side-by-side for more than 2,000 years
October 11, 2013
Hunter-gatherers and immigrant farmers lived side-by-side for more than 2,000 years in Central Europe, before the hunter-gatherer communities…
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