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300-Million-Year-Old Reptile Skin Impressions Discovered in Germany, the Oldest in History and with Exceptional Anatomical Detail
2+ hour, 40+ min ago (526+ words) An international team of researchers, led by Dr. Lorenzo Marchetti of the Berlin Museum of Natural History, has published in the journal Current Biology the discovery of the oldest known reptile skin impressions to date. The fossils, found in the…...
The skeleton of the last bison of the Iberian Peninsula 4,000 years ago found in the Sima de Arrafela with a copper arrowhead in its ribs
2+ week, 4+ hour ago (351+ words) The discovery, promoted by the Directorate General for Culture " Pr'ncipe de Viana Institution and carried out by a multidisciplinary team that includes scientists from the University of the Basque Country (EHU) and the Natural History Museum of Madrid, among other…...
A legendary fossil forces a rethink of human origins: A new species in the family tree?
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (380+ words) This fossil remains one of the most crucial discoveries within the hominin record, and its true identity is a key piece for understanding our evolutionary past, Dr. Martin stated. Our assessment shows that it is not the case that it…...
Largest Dinosaur Tracksite in the Alps Discovered in Stelvio National Park: An Intact Late Triassic Landscape That Will Rewrite European Paleontology
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (218+ words) A Triassic dinosaur "highway" discovered in Stelvio National Park: a site with thousands of tracks redefines Alpine paleontology on the eve of the Olympic Games. The news, made public on Monday, December 16, 2025, at a press conference in Palazzo Lombardia, reveals…...
The Enigmatic Mammoth-Bone Structures of Mezhyrich Were Built During the Coldest Phase of the Last Great Glaciation as Temporary Shelters
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (372+ words) A pioneering application of radiocarbon dating on small mammal remains reveals a brief and episodic occupation at the height of the last glacial period, suggesting that these colossal bone constructions served as functional shelters for seasonal survival, not permanent settlements....
An exceptional site with hundreds of 72-million-year-old dinosaur bones found in Transylvania
3+ mon, 4+ day ago (391+ words) A Hungarian-Romanian team uncovers in the Ha'eg Basin an unprecedented concentration of fossils, with more than a hundred bones per square meter, including partial skeletons of two herbivore species that promise to rewrite the evolutionary history of the local fauna....
An asteroid wiped out the dinosaurs, but not all of them: why are all birds dinosaurs?
4+ mon, 6+ day ago (413+ words) These findings demonstrated that feathers were not an innovation exclusive to birds but rather an ancestral trait of many dinosaurs, initially used for thermal insulation or visual display. Based on the current distribution of fossil evidence, it appears that feathers…...
An Almost Complete Fossil Skeleton of an Unknown Jurassic “Sword Dragon” Reptile Found in England
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (356+ words) An almost complete skeleton, discovered near Golden Cap in 2001, has been identified as a new and rare species of ichthyosaur'the only one of its kind known'which helps fill a critical gap in the evolutionary fossil record of these marine reptiles....
Two species of prehistoric horses coexisted in Italy 1.6 million years ago
5+ mon, 4+ day ago (1119+ words) The review of fossils from key sites such as Farneta, Selvella, and Pietrafitta redefines the evolutionary history of equids in Europe during the Early Pleistocene These findings, published in the journal Quaternary Science Reviews, clarify decades of scientific controversy regarding…...
The smallest predatory ant discovered fossilized in amber from 16 million years ago
6+ mon, 1+ week ago (517+ words) The finding, published in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B, describes a previously unknown species, named Basiceros enana. It is an adult individual measuring just 5.13 millimeters in length, notably smaller than its present-day relatives, which can reach almost…...