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Published Dinosaur feathers reveal traces of ancient proteins



Palaeontologists have discovered X-ray evidence of proteins in fossil feathers that sheds new light ...
Published 'Missing' early sea sponges discovered



Geobiologists reported a 550 million-year-old sea sponge that had been missing from the fossil recor...
Published New snake discovery rewrites history, points to North America's role in snake evolution



A new species of fossil snake unearthed in Wyoming is rewriting our understanding of snake evolution...
Published Millions of years for plants to recover from global warming



Catastrophic volcanic eruptions that warmed the planet millions of years ago shed new light on how p ...
Published Geoscientists shed a light on life's evolution 800 million years ago - Geoscientists Shed a Light on Life's Evolution 800 Million Years Ago


Is nitrate responsible for algae, flowers, and even your neighbors? A team of geoscientists have une...
Published Oldest bat skeletons ever found described from Wyoming fossils - Oldest Bat Skeletons Ever Found Described from Wyoming Fossils



Scientists have described a new species of bat based on the oldest bat skeletons ever recovered. The...
Published Archaeologists uncover oldest known projectile points in the Americas - Archaeologists Uncover Oldest Known Projectile Points in the Americas


Archaeologists have uncovered projectile points in Idaho that are thousands of years older than any...
Published Ancient giant amphibians swam like crocodiles 250 million years ago - Ancient Giant Amphibians Swam Like Crocodiles 250 Million Years Ago


Ancient 2m-long amphibians swam like crocodiles long before true crocodiles existed, according to a...
Published Bering Land Bridge formed surprisingly late during last ice age - Bering Land Bridge: A Latecomer in the Last Ice Age


A new study that reconstructs the history of sea level at the Bering Strait shows that the Bering La...
Published 360-million-year-old Irish fossil provides oldest evidence of plant self-defense in wood - 360-Million-Year-Old Irish Fossil Provides Oldest Evidence of Plant Self-Defense in Wood



Scientists have discovered the oldest evidence of plant self-defense in wood in a 360-million-year-o...
Published Remains of an extinct world of organisms discovered - Remains of an Extinct World of Organisms Discovered



Newly discovered biomarker signatures point to a whole range of previously unknown organisms that do...
Published Crocodile family tree mapped: New light shed on croc evolution



Around 250 million years ago, 700 species of reptiles closely related to the modern-day crocodile ro...
Published True giant wombat gives Diprotodon podium a wobble - True Giant Wombat Gives Diprotodon Podium a Wobble


While the Diprotodon -- the extinct megafauna species that is distantly related to wombats but was t...
Published Revised dating of the Liujiang skeleton renews understanding of human occupation of China



Researchers have provided new age estimates and revised provenance information for the Liujiang huma...
Published Bringing back an ancient bird



Using ancient DNA extracted from the toe bone of a museum specimen, biologists have sequenced the ge...
Published A fossil fruit from California shows ancestors of coffee and potatoes survived cataclysm that killed the dinosaurs - A Fossil Fruit from California Reveals the Survival of Ancestors of Coffee and Potatoes after the Dinosaurs' Extinction



The discovery of an 80-million-year-old fossil plant pushes back the known origins of lamiids to the...
Published Insect bite marks show first fossil evidence for plants' leaves folding up at night - Insect Bite Marks Reveal Fossil Evidence of Plants Folding Up at Night


Plants can move in ways that might surprise you. Some of them even show 'sleep movements,' folding o...
Published Impact of ancient earthquake revealed - Impact of Ancient Earthquake Revealed



By combining the scientific powerhouses of genetics and geology, researchers have identified a new a...
Published Multiple species of semi-aquatic dinosaur may have roamed pre-historic Britain - Multiple Species of Semi-Aquatic Dinosaurs May Have Roamed Pre-Historic Britain



Palaeontologists studying a British dinosaur tooth have concluded that several distinct groups of sp...
Published New dinosaur discovered: Ankylosaurs may have been far more diverse than originally thought - New Dinosaur Discovered: Ankylosaurs May Have Been Far More Diverse Than Originally Thought



First armoured dinosaur to be described from the Isle of Wight in 142 years, shows Ankylosaurs may h...