Paleontology

Credit: Laura Schreuder Little is currently known about how early humans first used fire. That will now change thanks to a new proxy, a measurable substance that can be used to demonstrate forest fires in a distant past. The proxy is…
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A new view on past climate changeCredit: A. Stuhr, GEOMAR. The climate history of the earth is marked by periodic changes that are usually ascribed to the solar radiation reaching the surface of the earth. This insolation is not constant…
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Archeologists once relied solely on artifacts, such as skeletal remains, fossils and pottery sherds, to learn about past species and cultures. Today's scientists can also study ancient proteins to paint a more complete picture of the…
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Credit: The University of Manchester The evolutionary use of colour for mammal's survival in the wild is evident from, red foxes, to zebras. Today an international team, led by researchers from The University of Manchester, publish…
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X-rays reveal an extinct mouse was dressed in brown to reddish fur on its back and sides and had a tiny white tummyCredit: Gregory Stewart/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory Menlo Park, CA - Researchers have for the first time detected…
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CT scan of 30-million-year-old fossil indicates echolocation evolved more than onceCredit: Rachel Racicot/Vanderbilt University Vanderbilt University paleontologists are looking into the evolutionary origins of the whistles and squeaks…
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UNLV geoscientist, student among international research team behind discovery of ancient monkey species that lived in Africa 22 million years agoCredit: Terry Spell/UNLV Researchers have used fossilized teeth found near Lake Turkana in…
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Using multiple methods of analysis, researchers have identified the movements of a group of humans as they explored an Italian cave system during the late Stone AgeCredit: MUSE - Isabella Salvador and Filippo Menolli Evidence…
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Credit: Florida Museum photo by Kristen Grace GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- The human environmental footprint is not only deep, but old. Ancient traces of this footprint can be found in animal bones, shells, scales and antlers at…
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X-ray studies at Berkeley Lab provide evidence for source of exotic assortment of melt debrisCredit: Mario Wannier Mario Wannier, a career geologist with expertise in studying tiny marine life, was methodically sorting…
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GSA 2019 Annual Meeting & Exposition Meeting Announcement For Immediate Release Arizona Sets a Grand Stage for Geological Society of America's Annual Meeting and Exposition Boulder, CO, USA: Media registration is now open for…
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Credit: Charles J Sharp New research has shown that the last surviving flightless species of bird, a type of rail, in the Indian Ocean had previously gone extinct but rose from the dead thanks to a rare process called 'iterative…
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Credit: Image courtesy of Professor Jennifer Clack, University Museum of Zoology, Cambridge Micro-CT scanning of a tiny snake-like fossil discovered in Scotland has shed new light on the elusive creature, thought to be one of the earliest…
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Credit: Dr. Balestrieri The Eurasian otter typically eats fish, but amphibians, which are in global decline, are also part of its diet, especially when fish are scarce. In a Mammal Review study, researchers identified bones of…
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