Palaeontology is the study of the life of the past. This course studies the evolution of life through the combined study of geology and biology. You will become a numerate and analytically able ...

Learn from experts with interests ranging from dinosaurs to plants to the origin of life and be fully immersed in hands-on palaeontology from the start. One third of the first year is dedicated to ...

All of this requires expertise in many areas of science. As such, palaeontology combines elements and technologies from biology, chemistry, physics, mathematics, and even computer sciences.

Palaeontology is the study of prehistoric species, mostly ones that are extinct. It focuses primarily on fossil data, using a variety of physical, chemical and biological techniques to analyse them.

The geographic, stratigraphic and historical coverage of the seven million vertebrate, invertebrate and plant fossils in the Museum's palaeontology collection make it globally important. Our ...

The standard academic entry requirement for this PhD is an upper second-class (2:1) honours degree in a discipline directly relevant to the PhD (or international equivalent) OR any upper-second class ...

The disaster that obliterated two cities also created the intense heat and rapid cooling behind the one-of-a-kind transformation.

The standard academic entry requirement for this PhD is an upper second-class (2:1) honours degree in a discipline directly relevant to the PhD (or international equivalent) OR any upper-second class ...

The Iguanodon footprint at Shepherd's Chine is almost 1m across and is about 130 million years old. The remains of a mammoth found in the Cotswolds are on display at the Corinium Museum. Experts ...

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Photo: Courtesy of the Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) Around 10 ...

The specimen originates from the Pliocene Pinecrest Beds in Sarasota, Florida, North America. The collection contains an estimated 1,500,000 specimens, making it one of the largest palaeontology ...