Tag: Paleontology

New 96-million-year old turtles from Texas connect North America with Asia and the Southern Hemisphere, suggesting vast intercontinental migrations during ...

Research by an international team of scientists suggests Homo erectus went extinct between 117,000 and 108,000 years agoCredit: Russell L. ...

Credit: Selden et al. LAWRENCE -- Earlier this year, a remarkable new fossil specimen was unearthed in the Lower Cretaceous ...

Second African lungfish found far southCredit: Artist's impression by Maggie Newman A second ancient lungfish has been discovered in Africa, ...

Credit: Karen Koy, Missouri Western State University. As the number and technology of humans has grown, their impact on the ...

Credit: Daniel Hallen/USask SASKATOON--The heady aroma of magnolia blossoms and lotus flowers might have wafted to your nostrils if you ...

First blooms made it to Australia 126 millions years agoCredit: Vera Korasidis New research has revealed that Australia's oldest flowering ...

Fossilized seashells show signs of global warming, ocean acidification leading up to asteroid impactCredit: Northwestern University Shells' chemistry shifted to ...

Credit: Hockings & Dunbar The ability to process alcohol may have saved humanity's ancestors from extinction, a new book suggests. ...

The German Research Foundation funds a joint Collaborative Research Center between Freie Universität Berlin and Münster UniversityCredit: privat A Transregional ...

Credit: NIGPAS Animals evolved from single-celled ancestors before diversifying into 30-40 distinct anatomical designs. When and how animal ancestors made ...

Credit: Philip Donoghue and Zongjun Yin Animals evolved from single-celled ancestors, before diversifying into 30 or 40 distinct anatomical designs. ...

Credit: Sean McMahon The search for evidence of life on Mars could be helped by fresh insights into ancient rocks ...

Credit: N. Robin, C. D'Haese and P. Barden When trying to better the odds for survival, a major dilemma that ...