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Eleanor digs chance to research ancient fossil at Curtin Uni
6+ hour, 28+ min ago (273+ words) Eleanor Beidatsch, of Mt Barker, has always wanted to be a palaeontologist, so an invitation from Curtin University to conduct groundbreaking research on a 520-million-year-old fossil was a dream come true. Eleanor Beidatsch, of Mt Barker, has always wanted to…...
Australia's oldest-known dinosaur fossil identified
1+ mon, 7+ hour ago (257+ words) The West Australian is a leading news source in Perth and WA. Breaking local and world news from sport and business to lifestyle and current affairs. It was the oldest known dinosaur fossil in Australia and one of the oldest…...
Rock wallaby fossils show they weren't all homebodies
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (26+ words) Fossil teeth show ancient rock wallabies at times ventured forth to find other groups, with researchers keen to know if their modern descendants do the same....
When was the first kiss? Scientists have a theory
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (279+ words) Kissing didn't begin with star-crossed human lovers but with the primate ancestors of great apes around 20 million years ago. Researchers from Oxford University and the Florida Institute of Technology wanted to examine when kissing began, given that from an evolutionary…...
Bones entombed in caves illuminate past of WA’s marsupials
5+ mon, 3+ week ago (416+ words) Bones hidden in the bottom of caves from across the Nullabor to WA's South West are helping piece together the hidden past of some of Australia's most curious marsupials. A new species of a native bushland marsupial, closely related to…...
Prehistoric fish found in WA reveals origin of ‘mighty bite’
7+ mon, 3+ week ago (404+ words) An international study has revealed new insights into the lives of 380-million-year-old lungfish after a high-tech examination of "remarkable" well-preserved jawbones which were found in the remote Gogo fossil field in northern Western Australia. WA wildlife adventurer, Brodie Moss, recently…...
Echidnas' extremely rare reverse path through evolution
10+ mon, 2+ day ago (26+ words) The West Australian is a leading news source in Perth and WA. Breaking local and world news from sport and business to lifestyle and current affairs....
Dinosaur secret unearthed after hiding in plain sight
11+ mon, 3+ week ago (25+ words) A boulder donated by a mine has been kept at a school for decades before researchers discovered it featured a remarkable collection of dinosaur footprints....