progscrape: paleontology

Analysis of 30 year old humerus bone suggests Australian echidnas evolved from a water-dwelling ancestor, challenging the understanding that the monotreme descended from a land-bound ancestor

14 months ago unsw.edu.au australia paleontology

More mammals were living on the ground several million years before the mass extinction event that wiped out the dinosaurs

15 months ago bristol.ac.uk paleontology

Fossilised footprints from British Columbia, Canada, confirm the presence of ankylosaurid ankylosaurs in the mid-Cretaceous of North America.

14 months ago tandfonline.com canada paleontology

The megalodon has long been imagined as an enormous great white shark, but new research suggests that perception is all wrong

15 months ago technologynetworks.com paleontology

A Forgotten Boulder in a School Office Turned Out to Have Dinosaur Footprints from 200 Million Years Ago

15 months ago eurekalert.org paleontology

Scientist-President Thomas Jefferson discovered large bones that were initially thought to be from a large cat-like predator, but it was later determined to be from a giant sloth

15 months ago thomasjefferson.com paleontology

New insights into the structure of some of the oldest lineages for foraminifera may open the door to unlocking temperature records much further back in time.

16 months ago pnas.org paleontology

In the aftermath of the extinction that killed the non-avian dinosaurs, coral reefs inhabited more protected muddy environments

16 months ago riviste.unimi.it paleontology

A set of Stone Age artifacts have revealed evidence of advanced cognitive and symbolic behavior among prehistoric humans

16 months ago eurekalert.org paleontology

The Rise of Algae promoted eukaryote predation in the Neoproterozoic benthos

16 months ago science.org paleontology