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Dorset’s Fossil Forest: A Jurassic Landscape Preserved by Microbial Fossilisation

A unique glimpse into Earth's ancient past is offered by the Fossil Forest in Dorset, England, where tree remains from…

1 year ago

A fossil first: Scientists find 1.5-million-year-old footprints of two different species of human ancestors at same spot

More than a million years ago, on a hot savannah teeming with wildlife near the shore of what would someday…

1 year ago

New Child Fossil Teeth Reveal Why Humans Developed an Unusually Long Childhood

A study by the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF) suggests that early Homo species may have experienced extended childhoods well…

1 year ago

Ancient Fossil Bird Skull Reveals Roots of Avian Intelligence, Finds New Study

A preserved fossil bird from the Mesozoic Era is providing unprecedented insights into the evolution of avian intelligence. Discovered in…

1 year ago

Fossil fuel CO2 emissions increase again in 2024

Global carbon emissions from fossil fuels have reached a record high in 2024, according to new research by the Global…

1 year ago

‘Ugly’ fossil places extinct saber-toothed cat on Texas coast

Important scientific finds don't always come in the biggest, buzziest packages. Sometimes new discoveries come in little ugly rocks. Such…

2 years ago

Mystery solved: The oldest fossil reptile from the alps is an historical forgery

A 280-million-year-old fossil that has baffled researchers for decades has been shown to be, in part, a forgery following new…

2 years ago

Holy bat skull! Fossil adds vital piece to bat evolution puzzle

Of all the mammals, bats have one of the poorest fossil records, with palaeontologists estimating that about 80 per cent…

2 years ago

Ginger pigment molecules found in fossil frogs

Palaeontologists at University College Cork (UCC) have found the first molecular evidence of phaeomelanin, the pigment that produces ginger colouration,…

2 years ago