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Now, two well-preserved fossils of the creature unearthed in France have finally revealed what Arthropleura’s head looked like, providing insights into how the giant arthropod lived. Today ...

Every once in a great while paleontological fieldwork turns up a fossil so extraordinary that it revolutionizes our understanding of the origin and evolution of an entire branch of the tree of life.

Nov. 4, 2024 — Extraordinarily well preserved fossils of feathered dinosaurs and other creatures got that way after being frozen in time by by volcanic eruptions, researchers have long suggested.

Oct. 2, 2024 — By studying rare fossils of jaws and other skull parts of a long-extinct Caribbean monkey, a team of researchers says it has uncovered new evidence documenting the anatomy and ...

All that glitters is not gold. But in the world of fossil discovery, a golden glitter is plenty of cause for celebration − even if it's not real. That was the case for Luke Parry, a paleobiology ...

Previous excavations had found human fossils deposited in the cave dating between 86,000 and 30,000 years ago, suggesting an earlier dispersal of Homo sapiens into Southeast Asia than previously ...

Help us keep bring these critical stories to light. Your support makes all the difference. A fossil, believed to be one of the oldest ever, could help explain the rise of the dinosaurs.

In the latest Sustainability Landscape report, we highlight a couple of types of sustainable funds that specifically contribute to climate action: fossil-fuel-free and low carbon. Here ...

Fossils tell us the world over about life on Earth before humans existed - they can help us understand what the climate was like, what creatures lived on the planet, and what caused significant ...

Dinosaur fossils have been discovered in Hong Kong for the first time, on a remote island in the financial center’s countryside. The fossils were found on Port Island, an uninhabitable expanse ...

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