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Sensing the familiar jolt of adrenaline that surged anytime she came across a fossil, she called out to her husband, Patrick, who was digging nearby. Carefully, the two amateur paleontologists ...
The fossil, dubbed Penghu 1, not only underscores these archaic humans’ astonishing adaptability to diverse climates – from frigid Siberian caves to balmy Southeast Asian coastlines – but ...
Rare artifacts like this, as well as fossils, help us determine where we came from and reveal more of humanity’s story. When commercial fishing nets dredged up a fossilized jawbone off Taiwan ...
Scientists have gained more insight into an extinct species of archaic humans after confirmation that the oldest human fossil in Taiwan is the remains of a Denisovan. Analysis of proteins extracted ...
To find answers, a team of researchers studied North America’s fossil record, focusing on the 18 million years before the mass extinction at the end of the Cretaceous period. The new analysis ...
HELENA — The Helena Mineral Society is hosting its 79th annual Gem Mineral and Fossil Show this weekend at the Civic Center. Montana is called the Treasure State for a reason, known for its ...
A chance encounter on Facebook might have landed the city a mascot and fundraising opportunity for its planned fossil park. Rick Spears, an artist and retired educator from the Atlanta area ...
A decline in fossil records from around 75 million years ago suggests they were already dwindling in number before the devastating asteroid strike. However, new research suggests that dinosaurs ...
BAKU. April 10 (Interfax) - The European Union should lift the embargo on funding fossil fuel projects, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev said. "Five days ago, we had the 11th Advisory Council of the ...
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What little we know about Denisovans is based on a handful of fragmented fossil remains unearthed in Siberia’s Denisova Cave and China’s Tibetan Plateau. A new analysis, however, adds another ...
Pinning down an exact age for the Penghu fossil is challenging because scientists do not have samples of the sediment it was buried in. “One can only say it’s older than 50,000” years ...