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.

Fossilized Newborn Insects Preserved in Amber Provide First Fossil Evidence of Egg Bursters Researchers often have ...

An exciting programme of field trips is included in your tuition fee. Palaeontology is the study of the life of the past. You will explore the evolution of life through a combination of geology and ...

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 ...

More than 250 theropod bones have been found in the Victorian Cretaceous. In the palaeontology collections of Museums ...

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

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 ...

Their findings, published in the Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, reveal that the diversity of these long-necked ...

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 ...

An exciting programme of field trips is included in your tuition fee. Palaeontology is the study of the life of the past. You will explore the evolution of life through a combination of geology and ...