Paleontology

Nicknamed 'Scotty,' the record-breaking rex is also the largest dinosaur skeleton ever found in Canada.Credit: Amanda Kelley University of Alberta paleontologists have just reported the world's biggest Tyrannosaurus rex and the…
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Feathers revealed in a 125 million-year-old fossil of a bird hatchling shows it came out of the egg runningCredit: @Kaye et al. 2019 The ~125 million-year-old Early Cretaceous fossil beds of Los Hoyas, Spain have long been known for…
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Ohio researchers describe most complete mammal from the Cretaceous Period of Africa, underscoring the need for additional field explorationCredit: Patrick O'Connor, Ohio University ATHENS, Ohio (March 18, 2019) -- Ohio University…
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The findings, published in Science, show an invasion of steppe descendants who replaced almost all men 4,000 years ago Published in the journal Science, it analysed the genomes of 271 inhabitants of the peninsula from different historical…
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Ecological transformation in the wake of the 'Great Dying' moves scientists closer to understanding the nature of recoveryCredit: © 2019 Ashley Dineen SAN FRANCISCO (March 13, 2019) - Scientists are peeking into ancient oceans to unravel…
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Geologic and paleontological evidence unearthed in southern Chile supports the theory that a major cosmic impact event occurred approximately 12,800 years ago When UC Santa Barbara geology professor emeritus James Kennett and colleagues…
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A new glimpse into the shifting ecology of Homo floresiensisCredit: Image from the research paper A study of rat body sizes shifting over time gives a glimpse into the habitat of the mysterious hominin Homo floresiensis --…
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University of Houston biologist receives NSF CAREER award to explore sex determination of fliesCredit: University of Houston Richard Meisel, assistant professor of biology and biochemistry, has received a Faculty Early Career…
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The technology of miniaturization set hominins apart from other primatesCredit: Emory University Anthropologists have long made the case that tool-making is one of the key behaviors that separated our human ancestors from other primates. A…
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Credit: Patrick Flood, UW Oshkosh New research from the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh indicates that even as a teenager the Tyrannosaurus rex showed signs that it would grow up to be a ferocious predator. In a study published last week…
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An exceptional milestone in European Palaeolithic rock artCredit: UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA It is not very common to find representations of scenes instead of individual figures in Palaeolithic art, but it is even harder for these…
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Upper jaws of a new dinosaur from Victoria, Australia, give fresh insight into the diversity of small herbivorous dinosaurs that once inhabited the ancient Australian-Antarctic rift valley 125 million years ago A new, wallaby-sized…
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Credit: Davide Bonadonna Dinosaurs were unaffected by long-term climate changes and flourished before their sudden demise by asteroid strike. Scientists largely agree that an asteroid impact, possibly coupled with intense volcanic…
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20 leading researchers have confirmed in a new study that the dingo is actually a unique, Australian species in its own right Since the arrival of British settlers over 230 years ago, most Australians have assumed dingoes are a breed of…
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