This Bizarre Fossil Isn’t a Plant, Animal, or Fungus—Turns Out It’s a Whole New Form of Life
Prototaxites, an extinct organism from the Devonian period, has been thought to be a fungus since its first fossil was ...
These discarded objects will form humanity’s lasting geological footprint, paleontologists say
Manufactured objects will form distinctive, if sometimes hard to interpret, clues to human existence, paleontologist authors ...
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Earliest days of Earth's formation
New research sheds light on the earliest days of the earth's formation and potentially calls into question some earlier assumptions in planetary science about the early years of rocky planets.
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New fossil discovery reveals how volcanic deposits can preserve the microscopic details of animal tissues
An analysis of a 30,000-year-old fossil vulture from Central Italy has revealed for the first time that volcanic rock can preserve microscopic details in feathers -- the first ever record of such a ...
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Researchers Stumble on 2 Million Yr Old Fossil of the Smallest Ancient Human Relative Who Ended Up as a Leopard’s Lunch
With continued excavation at Swartkrans, researchers hope to uncover more of SWT1/HR-2’s skeleton, which could further ...
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‘Unprecedented snapshot’ of Early Jurassic dinosaurs has been hiding in plain sight at a school, scientists say
During the extraction of the overlying rock, which spans many miles and dates to the Early Jurassic period, fossil footprints such as these can be found. “There are definitely many more fossils ...