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'Wonderchicken' may be earliest known fowl
3-20-2020 |
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Scientists have identified the fossil skull of what is thought to be the earliest ancestor of modern chickens.
Tiny 'dino-bird' skull found trapped in amber
3-15-2020 | 15
One of the smallest ever dinosaur fossils has been found remarkably well preserved in a chunk of amber.
Dinosaur 'stomping ground' on Scottish isle
3-14-2020 | 1
Scientists have discovered dozens of fossilized footprints on the picturesque Isle of Skye in Scotland.
Dinosaur DNA discovered, scientists claim
3-3-2020 | 8
Palaeontologists report that they have retrieved DNA from dinosaur fossils dating back to the Cretaceous.
Huge prehistoric shark found in cave wall
2-1-2020 | 2
The well-preserved fossil remains of a 330 million-year-old shark have been discovered in a cave in Kentucky.
Who was responsible for the 'Devil's trail' ?
1-29-2020 | 10
Researchers have shed new light on a trail of fossil footprints found along the side of an extinct volcano.
'Dancing dragon' fossil is velociraptor relative
1-21-2020 | 0
Palaeontologists have compared the feathers of a 120 million-year-old dinosaur to those of modern birds.
Fossil tooth sheds light on world's largest ape
11-14-2019 | 4
Standing up to three meters tall, Gigantopithecus was the largest ape to ever walk the face of the Earth.
New Stegosaurus species found in Morocco
8-21-2019 | 0
Not only is the fossil a new species but it is also the earliest known Stegosaurus specimen ever discovered.
Giant extinct penguin was the size of a human
8-15-2019 | 4
Palaeontologists have identified the fossil remains of an enormous species of penguin that lived in New Zealand.
Giant parrot fossil unearthed in New Zealand
8-7-2019 | 7
Scientists have identified an extinct species of giant parrot that weighed 15lbs and stood up to 3ft in height.
Giant extinct condor discovered in Argentina
VIDEO 7-3-2019 | 3
Palaeontologists have unearthed the fossil remains of a gargantuan condor 12 kilometers south of San Pedro.
15-ton 'sea monster' found in Antarctica
6-9-2019 | 1
Scientists have unearthed the fossil remains of a gargantuan marine reptile from the time of the dinosaurs.
Dinosaur fossils shaped sea monster stories
4-26-2019 | 18
A new study has highlighted the role that fossils have played in influencing sightings of sea monsters.
Gigantic prehistoric predatory cat discovered
4-23-2019 | 15
Palaeontologists unexpectedly came across fossil evidence of the creature in a museum drawer in Kenya.
New human species unearthed in island cave
4-10-2019 | 12
Scientists have discovered the fossil remains of an extinct species of human in a cave in the Philippines.
World's largest Tyrannosaurus rex unveiled
3-23-2019 | 11
A fossil T. rex named 'Scotty' has been confirmed to be the largest predatory dinosaur ever discovered.
Prehistoric spider fossils' eyes still glow
2-18-2019 | 6
Fossil spiders discovered in South Korea still have glowing eyes despite being over 110 million years old.
Tracks of earliest mobile organism discovered
2-13-2019 | 2
Scientists have identified the fossilized tracks of a worm-like organism that lived 2.1 billion years ago.
Malapa skeletons are the same hominin species
1-20-2019 | 0
Anthropologists have published the results of a new study in to two fossil skeletons found in South Africa.
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