5+ hour, 14+ min ago  (539+ words) An international research team led by scientists from La Trobe University in Australia and the University of Cambridge is questioning how one of the most complete early human fossils has been classified. Their findings suggest the specimen may not belong…...

1+ day, 13+ hour ago  (208+ words) Bone Evidence Linked to Upright Walking The findings were produced by a collaborative team that included scientists from the University of Washington, Chaffey College, and the University of Chicago. The study was published in the journal Science Advances. From Skull…...

2+ day, 2+ hour ago  (736+ words) For the first time, researchers have successfully examined metabolism-related molecules preserved inside fossilized bones from animals that lived between 1.3 and 3 million years ago. These chemical traces offer rare insight into the animals themselves and the environments they once inhabited. By…...

5+ day, 19+ hour ago  (636+ words) The fossils were first discovered in 2015, but transforming them into scientific evidence required nearly ten years of careful excavation, preparation, sorting, identification, and analysis. The results of this long effort have now been published by researchers from the Natural History…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago  (330+ words) Isotopes Provide the Answer To solve this puzzle, researchers from the United States, Sweden, and the Netherlands examined the chemical makeup of the mosasaur tooth enamel using isotope analysis. "The isotope signatures indicated that this mosasaur had inhabited this freshwater…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago  (478+ words) New findings suggest that complex life began forming much earlier, and over a far longer period, than researchers previously understood. The study provides fresh insight into the environmental conditions that supported early evolution and challenges several widely accepted ideas about…...

1+ mon, 1+ day ago  (519+ words) A research group led by the University of Cambridge examined giant anaconda fossils found in South America and determined that these snakes reached their full body size about 12.4 million years ago. According to their analysis, anacondas have remained exceptionally large…...

1+ mon, 5+ day ago  (700+ words) In this area, the team excavated two new Edmontosaurus mummies, a younger individual and a somewhat older one, both preserving large, continuous patches of the external skin surface. These fossils provided crucial pieces needed to build a full, fleshy profile…...

1+ mon, 6+ day ago  (926+ words) Thanks to newly discovered fossil bones, scientists have now been able to match an enigmatic 3.4-million-year-old hominin foot, first found in 2009, to a species that is different from the famous fossil Lucy. This link strengthens the case that two separate…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (163+ words) Why Shark Fossils Are Mostly Teeth Because sharks possess skeletons made of cartilage, their bodies rarely fossilize. As a result, most of what survives are their teeth, which are shed continuously and accumulate on ancient sea floors. These teeth commonly…...