A new analysis of a fossil found in 1889 has unveiled the presence of zeolites—and an entirely new mineralization method.

That’s because current fossil records suggests that many animal groups alive today appeared in a really short time interval.’ However, the team suggest these burrows were created by ‘nematoid-like ...

Other scientists have reported sites in Eurasia and northern Africa with either hominin fossils, stone tools or butchered animal bones from around this time. Our recently published research adds ...

(THE CONVERSATION) Looking again through the magnifying lens at the fossil’s surface, one of us, Sabrina Curran, took a deep breath. Illuminated by a strong light positioned nearly parallel to ...

In the summer, residents of the Batagai village found the carcass of an extinct animal: its front part thawed ... been discovered in Yakutia. As for the fossils of animals with preserved ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Briana Pobiner, Smithsonian Institution; Sabrina Curran, Ohio University, and ...

Other scientists have reported sites in Eurasia and northern Africa with either hominin fossils, stone tools or butchered animal bones from around this time. Our recently published research adds to ...