• In a study published in Historical Biology, Dr • Mohammed Naimi and his colleagues report the discovery of the first plesiosaurian remains from Algeria • Additionally, the fossil
• A team co-led by University of Minnesota Twin Cities researcher Peter Makovicky and Argentinean colleague Sebastian Apesteguía has identified a 90-million-year-old fossil that pr
• New method uses waste bread to replace fossil fuels in chemical manufacturing The microbially produced hydrogen successfully fueled the hydrogenation of target chemicals under mi
• Two skulls from Yunxian, in northern China, aren’t ancestors of Denisovans after all; they’re actually the oldest knownHomo erectusfossils in eastern Asia. • A recent study has r
• Two skulls from Yunxian, in northern China, aren’t ancestors of Denisovans after all; they’re actually the oldest knownHomo erectusfossils in eastern Asia. • A recent study has r
• Fossil discovery reveals specialized fish-eating adaptations in new dinosaur species The most arresting feature of this new species is its ‘scimitar-shaped’ crest. • A team of 20
• A fossil on display at Montana State University’s Museum of the Rockies reveals how dinosaurs in the Tyrannosaurus genus may have subdued prey, and the specimen is the focus of a
• A newly examined prehistoric shark from the age of dinosaurs provides surprising insights into the early evolution of modern sharks. • It cannot be confidently assigned to any sh