‘Unprecedented snapshot’ of Early Jurassic dinosaurs has been hiding in plain sight at a school, scientists say
A trace fossil of 66 dinosaur footprints has been uncovered in Australia, providing a rare snapshot of dinosaur behavior and ...
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Bizarre fossil may have been an entirely new type of life
Chemical analysis suggests the 400-million-year-old fossil Prototaxites was neither plant, animal or fungus – hinting at a ...
What tiny fossils from ocean floor tell us about the history of climate change
Scientists have discovered the key role the Southern Ocean around Antarctica plays in regulating the global climate ...
Immaculate Feather Fossil Reveals the Unlikely Preserving Power of Volcanoes
A 30,000-year-old vulture feather from Central Italy was preserved down to the microscopic level by volcanic rock.
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Trace fossils reveal clues to evolution of tiny organisms in deep marine ecosystems
Dr. Luis Buatois (Ph.D.) traces a series of hexagons with his finger, following the path carved by tiny organisms millions of years ago that have long since left these unique fossils in their wake.
The remote locale that shielded plants during Earth’s biggest mass extinction
About 252 million years ago, 80 to 90 percent of life on Earth was wiped out. In the Turpan-Hami Basin, life persisted and ...
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Triassic fossils shed new light on ancient ecosystems
New research from the State Museum of Natural History Stuttgart reconstructs Triassic terrestrial ecosystems using fossils ...
Discovery of a new species of fossil tree helps paint picture of ancient African forest
Recent research by scientists at the Botanical Research Institute of Texas (BRIT), Texas Tech University, and several other ...
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Discovery of organic molecules in 66-million-year-old dinosaur bones rocks paleontology
The findings shed light on how organic molecules like collagen may survive for tens of millions of years within dinosaur ...
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How Long Does It Take For A Fossil To Form? Frogs' Brains Show Fossilization Within 2 Years
The fossilization process itself can take anywhere from a matter of days to millions of years. Waiting for mineral-rich ...
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Technofossils: How future archeologists will study our everyday objects
But over the last 70 years — little more than moments in the 300,000-year history of Homo sapiens — the amount of stuff we’ve added to the planet has erupted in volume, surpassing living organisms ...