The discovery of a marine fossil cache in a Spanish cave redefines our perception of Neanderthals. These seemingly useless ...

Possible motivations for collecting these fossils suggested in the study include aesthetic appreciation, symbolic significance, or social practices such as gift-giving or exchange. Cognitive ...

Mention the word “fossils” to people and most will probably think of bones. Of course, body fossils make up a large part of ...

For archaeologists, these findings point to a form of abstract thinking. Assigning aesthetic or symbolic significance to these fossils could reflect a cognitive capacity previously thought to be ...

Mention the word "fossils" to people and most will probably ... or for what might be aesthetic purposes, such as inscribing patterns in the sand. Together, the sites containing these hominin ...

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 five-bedroom home at 5206 Fossil Creek Drive, featuring 6,351 square feet of living space within a modern aesthetic with ...

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), ...

Nov. 28, 2024 — More than a million years ago, on a hot savannah teeming with wildlife near the shore of what would someday become Lake Turkana in Kenya, two completely different species of ...

Perhaps most importantly, Lucy’s discovery foreshadowed a series of fossil finds that filled in the scientific picture of her species. By 1978, enough evidence had accumulated to establish Lucy ...