Tag Archives: Fossils

[ad_1] Scientists have used fat molecules to solve a long-standing mystery and have identified an ancient creature as one of the first animals on the planet. For over 75 years, researchers have …

[ad_1] Cholesterol has won out: a group of strange Precambrian fossils are among the oldest known animals in the rock. Organic molecules preserved with fossils of the genus Dickinsonia confirms that the …

[ad_1] Author's right of the image Ilya Bobrovskiy Legend Dickinsonia's affiliations were previously unclear Scientists have identified the first known animal in the geological archive. It's a 558-million-year-old oval-shaped creature that could …

[ad_1] A new study published today in Nature shows that size reduction was a key factor contributing to the exceptional evolution of mammals over the last 200 million years. The origin of …

[ad_1] Reconstruction of the mammalian form of Morganucodon in Jurassic sediments from Wales and China. Morganucodon was one of the smallest fossil mammal ancestors with a size of 4-6cm. Credit: Bob Nicholls, …

[ad_1] The fossils of a newly discovered long neck dinosaur are forcing scientists to rethink the origins of one of the most iconic dinosaur lineages. Artistic rendition of Lingwulong shenqi. Credit: Zhang …

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