Tag: Paleontology

A transdisciplinary study of the dietary evolution of the first agricultural and pastoral communities in Central EuropeCredit: Photo credit: Marina ...

The report, based on research at a unique fossil site in Utah, provides new evidence that tyrannosaurs were social carnivores ...

Scientists have sequenced ancient DNA from soil for the first time and the advance will transform what is known about ...

Credit: Christian Panton New, detailed study of the Renland Ice Cap offers the possibility of modelling other smaller ice caps ...

Credit: Kamitoge A single footprint left by a cat-sized dinosaur around 100 million years ago has been discovered in China ...

Scientists also find two new, nearly 2-million-year-old specimens--likely the earliest pieces of the H. erectus skeleton yet discoveredCredit: A. Hammond/© ...

Credit: Illustration by Gabriel Ugueto Ancient clues, in the shape of fossils and archaeological evidence of varying quality scattered across ...

Researchers use 3-D-printed models to explore fractal-like interior shell patternsCredit: David Peterman Ammonoids, ancestors of today's octopus, squid and cuttlefish, ...

Picture the past. Change the future.Credit: Illustration by Cirenia Arias Baldrich for Past Global Changes Horizons, vol. 1 Past Global ...

Credit: Ornella Bertrand Squirrels and other tree-dwelling rodents evolved to have bigger brains than their burrowing cousins, a study suggests. ...

Credit: Julius Csotonyi April12, 2021 - Gray wolves are among the largest predators to have survived the extinction at the ...

Credit: Photo by Duane Moser, Desert Research Institute. It's like something out of science fiction. Research led by Bigelow Laboratory ...

120-million-year-old animals evolved 'scratch digging' traits independentlyCredit: MAO Fangyuan A joint research team led by Dr. MAO Fangyuan and Dr. ...

Ancient predatory insects discovered in region once thought uninhabitableCredit: Fossil image copyright Zootaxa. Fossil discoveries often help answer long-standing questions ...

A brand new species of parasitic cuckoo wasp was discovered based on its clever use of pheromonesCredit: Photo: Arnstein Staverløkk, ...

Researchers have confirmed for the first time that Pine Island Glacier in West Antarctica could cross tipping points, leading to ...

Hippos and cetaceans are close relatives, but their shared "aquatic" skin traits did not come from a common ancestorCredit: Carl ...

Evolutionary biology: Publication in Communications BiologyCredit: HHU / Joana Xavier Roughly five years ago, Institute Head Prof. Dr. William (Bill) ...

For the first time, organic molecules could be detected in such old liquids as possible nutrients for primordial microbesCredit: Volker ...

A comparison with chimpanzees provides surprising insightsCredit: Photo of a female human pelvis and skull of a newborn baby. (© ...