Tag: fossils

This is the moment a 5.8-magnitude earthquake which struck in Turkey shakes a hotel in neighbouring Greece. Footage shows the quake shaking CCTV cameras at the five-star Rodos Palladium hotel on Rhodes Island, in the early hours...
On a Monday morning in 2023, Turkey was hit by two powerful earthquakes in quick succession. The first, the worst to strike the country since the Erzincan quake of 1939, measured 7.8 on the Richter scale and...

Tiny cut marks on animal bone fossils reveal that human ancestors were in Romania 1.95 million years ago

Looking again through the magnifying lens at the fossil's surface, one of us, Sabrina Curran, took a deep breath. Illuminated by a strong light...

New drone-assisted 3D model offers a more accurate way to date dinosaur fossils

A new study from McGill University is reshaping how scientists date dinosaur fossils in Alberta's Dinosaur Provincial Park (DPP). Using advanced drone-assisted 3D mapping,...

Rare aardvark trace fossils discovered in South Africa

A recent study published in Quaternary Research describes the discovery and identification of possible aardvark tracks and burrow sites in Pleistocene aeolianites on the...

Eocene mudflat fossils reveal ancient waterbird foraging behaviors and four new species

Recently, paleontologists Dr. John-Paul Zonneveld, Dr. Sarah Naone, and Dr. Brooks Britt described the discovery and classification of four new ichnotaxa (fossilized trace taxa)...

Laser-powered device tested on Earth could help detect microbial fossils on Mars

The first life on Earth formed four billion years ago, as microbes living in pools and seas: what if the same thing happened on...

Carnivorous dinosaurs thrived in Australia 120 million years ago, new fossils show

Between 122 and 108 million years ago, the Australian landmass was much farther south than today. Victoria was positioned within the Antarctic Circle, separated...

Fossils reveal rapid land recovery after end-Permian extinction around 252 million years ago

Tropical riparian ecosystems—those found along rivers and wetlands—recovered much faster than expected following the end-Permian mass extinction around 252 million years ago, according to...

Museum fossils go to space

The recent launch of Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket marked several historic milestones. The 21-year-old crew member Karsen Kitchen set a record for the...

Fossils show leaf-eating insects tracked gum trees for millions of years

How far would leaf-eating insects go to dine on their favorite food? Perhaps the other side of the world, according to researchers at Penn...

Puzzling fossils unearthed in China may rewrite the human story

A cache of human-like fossils from China has perplexed scientists for decades, defying explanation or categorization. The skull fragments, teeth, jaws and other remains unearthed...

Q&A: What fossils reveal about ancient Australian forests and fire

Australia's forest ecosystems, renowned for their extraordinary diversity of rare plants and animals, also play a vital role in mitigating climate change by absorbing...

Paleontologists discover Saskatchewan’s first Centrosaurus and Citipes elegans fossils

Paleontologists and students from McGill University have documented Saskatchewan's first confirmed fossil specimens of Centrosaurus, a horned dinosaur species closely related to Triceratops. The search,...

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