Tag: Fossils

Denisovan fossils discovered in high altitude cave used by Tibetan Buddhists

Expanding / The Baishi Cliff Karst Cave, where the recently analysed samples

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‘My heart skipped a beat’: Researchers who bought fossils online discover dinosaur ‘hell’s chicken’

After purchasing fossils online for a class project, a graduate student discovers

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Important moments revealed in ancient fossils

Researchers used volcanic ash layers as time markers to pinpoint the age

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Scaly fossils are the oldest known pieces of skin

Dry, scaly skin can be one of the least enjoyable parts of

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Hidden lagoon discovered and contains ancient living fossils

Written by Kevin C. Nice | issued 9 seconds ago On the

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Ever wanted to curl into a ball? Fossils show how trilobites did it.

When conditions got tough in the Paleozoic Era, trilobites sprang up. Armed

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Iris Van Herpen: The designer takes inspiration from fossils to create futuristic clothing

CNN — borosilicate glass, mylar film, polyurethane, glass organza, polyamide powder and

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Oldest mosquito fossils come with blood-sucking surprises

[1/2]An undated view from below of a fossilized male mosquito head containing

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Fish fiasco saves rare fossils

Expanding / problem fish. There is an ammonite just below the spine.Cooper

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104-million-year-old fossils reveal the ocean’s past

Scientists have discovered fossil evidence that higher invertebrates, particularly irregular sea urchins

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Living fossils under threat – the oldest living land plants are at risk from climate change

A wild Takakia that lives on the Tibetan Plateau.Credit: Xuedong Li /

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Third ‘fossil monster’ – 520 million year old fossils reveal surprising details of early animal evolution

artistic reconstruction Kirinshia. Credit: X. WangResearchers from the University of Leicester and

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