1+ hour, 29+ min ago  (424+ words) Paleontologists have compiled anatomical and fossil age data to clarify how dinosaurs evolved through sporadic bursts of morphological change. A new study by Princeton and Yale Universities has revised the timeline of dinosaur origins, pushing it back by 10 million years....

3+ week, 1+ day ago  (548+ words) The embryo preserved inside offers definitive proof that mammal ancestors were egg-layers. For the first time, paleontologists have discovered a 250-million-year-old fossil egg containing an embryo of a mammal ancestor. The embryo belonged to Lystrosaurus, a sturdy plant-eater that survived…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (457+ words) In certain species, a "third eye" or parietal eye still exists to detect light, while in humans, this feature has evolved into the pineal gland. Rare fossils discovered in southern China reveals that the earliest creatures with spines " jawless fish…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (642+ words) Almost every child in South Korea has grown up with Dooly: a pint-sized, emerald-green dinosaur with two iconic tufts of hair and a penchant for magical mischief. He is a cultural titan." Now, science has finally given the cartoon its…...

1+ mon, 4+ week ago  (448+ words) The discovery centers on a well-preserved skull that measures less than 2. 5 centimeters (~1 inch) in length. Palaeontologists at the Federal University of Santa Maria (UFSM) have discovered a fossil in southern Brazil which is believed to be the smallest and youngest…...

2+ mon, 4+ day ago  (530+ words) For ninety million years, a two-pound skeleton lay hidden in the red sandstones of Patagonia." It was small and fragile. And, as paleontologists now realize, it was the key to unlocking one of paleontology's most enduring mysteries. A team led…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (490+ words) Fossils have revealed that Australia's Kimberley region was once home to a diverse community of marine amphibians shortly after the end-Permian mass extinction. The dusty plains of Western Australia's Kimberley region are a long way from the ocean. Yet, 250 million…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (524+ words) A team of 20 paleontologists has announced the discovery of a new dinosaur species, Spinosaurus mirabilis, in a remote region of the Nigerien Sahara." The discovery of this prehistoric predator is rewriting the closing chapters of the dinosaur era." Led by…...

3+ mon, 1+ hour ago  (546+ words) In the world of paleontology, the biggest bones usually grab the loudest headlines. But a tiny set of fossils unearthed in northern Spain is proving that the smallest players often hide the biggest secrets. An international team of paleontologists has…...

3+ mon, 1+ day ago  (560+ words) This discovery "solves" the puzzle by proving dinosaurs returned or persisted after the disaster. Two groundbreaking dinosaur track discoveries are changing the outdated image of the Jurassic period in South Africa; it turns out the world's ferocious prehistoric beasts continued…...