[ad_1] About 92 million years ago, in what is today the center of Utah, a terrible storm blew on a huge blooming tree, which was washed away in a river and in …
Read More »A huge fossil is the oldest giant flowering tree in North America
Researchers add surprising discoveries to the fossil record
[ad_1] Illustration of the research results by Sae Bom Ra, a major scientific illustration of the Adelphi University. Credit: / Adelphi University A recently discovered fossil suggests that tall, flowering trees developed …
Read More »This 127 million year old fossil connects dinosaurs and the evolution of birds | smithsonianmag.com
[ad_1] Yes, birds are technically modern dinosaurs. But sometimes it's hard to tell where the non-bird dinos ends and where the bird begins. Like John Pickrell at National Geographic reports, scientists have …
Read More »Discovery of new species of strange fossil birds in China
[ad_1] Palaeontologists in China have discovered a new species of fossil bird that they say marks a turning point in the evolution of flight, when birds have lost the long tail of …
Read More »The fossil of the Chinese Cretaceous highlights the avian evolution
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Read More »The Dickinsonia fossil solves the global paleontological mystery of 558 million years
[ad_1] The oldest animal in the world, which lived 558 million years ago in Russia, was identified for the first time. The scientists realized that the specimen was an animal after finding …
Read More »The fossil fat reveals the first known animal, aged 558 million years
[ad_1] Washington, September 20 (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News, app – Sept. 21, 2018): A strange fossil resembling a giant leaf or a footprint the size of a coffee table intrigued scientists …
Read More »Ancient steroids establish the Dickinsonia Ediacarean fossil as one of the first animals
[ad_1] Confirm the identity of the first animals The first complex organisms appeared during the Ediacarian period, about 600 million years ago. The taxonomic affiliation of many of these organizations has been …
Read More »558-m fossil fossil reveals the earliest known animal
[ad_1] WASHINGTON – A strange fossil that looks a bit like a giant leaf, or a footprint the size of a coffee table, has intrigued scientists for decades. Was it a mossy …
Read More »Extraordinary evidence suggests that the 558-million-year-old fossil is the oldest known animal on the planet
[ad_1] A Dickinsonia fossil.Image: Australian National University ANU An international team of researchers claims to have found traces of cholesterol on a fossil Dickinsonia-A mysterious creature who lived during the primordial ediacarian …
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