In 1859, Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution was postulated in “On the Origin of Species.” In this theory, Darwin suggested that evolution occurred gradually, although there were no complete fossils.

A paleontological assessment of fossil assemblage at Panaiyur in Thoothukudi district reveals that it belongs to the middle to late Holocene period, approximately 8,000 to 12,000 years ago. The ...

A team of ZSI scientists, between January 5 and 10, conducted a paleontological survey of the fossil sites in Panaiyur, located nearly 25 kilometres north of Thoothukudi. THOOTHUKUDI: The marine ...

Gales stir up seabed and wash ashore jet and amber on North Yorkshire and Suffolk coasts respectively Storms can be good news for beachcombers, bringing not just driftwood and weed to shore but, ...

Scientists discovered exceptionally preserved Ediacaran fossils in sandstone. (Image: Geology) Scientists solved how Ediacaran soft-bodied fossils survived in sandstone. Ancient seawater chemistry and ...

Rare Middle Ordovician specimens rank among the oldest worldwide, study finds Dubai: The Royal Commission for AlUla has announced the documentation and publication of a rare fossil discovery of ...

Scientists are using DNA from sediments to learn more about Earth’s past, including new revelations about the woolly mammoth Fossilisation is rare. Most living things disappear without trace, recycled ...

In 1990, an ancient human skull was unearthed in China’s Hubei Province that was so badly deformed during fossilisation that it was hard to gauge its significance. A new analysis now indicates that ...

Fossilised faeces help bring prehistoric worlds to life — in molecular detail An international research team has used prehistoric faeces to better understand how molecular fossilisation works, ...

A new species of dome-headed dinosaur is the oldest of its kind. Zavacephale rinpoche is an ancient and remarkably complete pachycephalosaur, shining a light on these remarkable but poorly understood ...

A post-mortem examination "150 million years in the making" has revealed how two prehistoric flying reptiles died. Scientists at the University of Leicester identified two new fossils of pterosaurs ...