Image by wrangel via Depositphotos. Fossils like this fish are invaluable for understanding Earth’s history. They offer glimpses into ecosystems that existed long before humans and paint the picture ...
Dec. 2, 2024 — Newly discovered insect fossils are so small they can barely be seen by the human eye but have been preserved in an 'extraordinary' ... A Fossil First: Scientists Find 1.5-Million ...
A fascinating new study suggests that ancient rock art in South Africa may depict a now-extinct species. According to research published in September 2024, the mysterious tusked animal in the artwork ...
Fossils may look to the untrained eye like an ... to some of the earliest examples of really ancient, early forms of art. Read more: Fossilised circles in the sand on South Africa's coast may ...
Fossils can be broadly divided into body fossils and trace fossils. Body fossil – The remains of part (or all) of an actual organism. In the kits, the trilobite (2), brachiopod (3), dinosaur bone (4), ...
Scientists have discovered the rear end of an ancient fish - and it provides a "key link" in the evolution of hind legs. Tiktaalik roseae is a 375 million-year-old fossil fish — nicknamed 'the ...
Contemporary coelacanths are often described as living fossils. Superficially, that may be true. But new evidence now makes that nickname less valid. The two species of the large-boned lungfish ...
Researchers have found new fish fossils containing the oldest preserved muscles ever seen, and this fish had abs. Previously, it was thought the specialised stomach muscles were unique to land animals ...