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Fossil discovery reveals face of oldest early human ancestor
Euronews   30 August 2019   Ethiopia  
<p>The face of the oldest early human ancestor has been revealed by the discovery in Ethiopia of a 3.8 million-year-old near-complete skull.<br>The uncovered fossil, which provides insight into a pivotal period for human evolution, belongs to the species Australopithecus ...
Study Confirms Unusual Fossils Came from an Animal
Learning English   04 October 2018   World  
Dickinsonia - Discovery by UC Riverside researchers which is extremely well preserved.
<p>Scientists say they have confirmed that strange-looking fossils from more than 500 million years ago are remains of an animal.<br />That would make it one of the earliest known creatures.<br />The fossils are found within rocks. They are round with many ...
558m-year-old fossils identified as oldest known animal
The Guardian   20 September 2018   Russia  
The cliffs in which the fossils were found, on the coast of the White Sea in Russia. Photograph: Ilya Bobrovskiy
<p>A fossilised lifeform that existed 558m years ago has been identified as the oldest known animal, according to new research.<br />The findings confirm that animals existed at least 20m years before the so-called Cambrian explosion of animal life, which ...
Fossil footprints challenge established theories of human evolution
Science Daily   31 August 2017   Greece   Crete  
Credit: Andrzej Boczarowski
<p>Newly discovered human-like footprints from Crete may put the established narrative of early human evolution to the test. The footprints are approximately 5.7 million years old and were made at a time when previous research puts our ancestors in Africa ...
Prehistoric rat-like mammal fossil is earliest showing fur, skin and organs
The Guardian   14 October 2015   Spain   Cuenca  
The 125m-year-old remains of Spinolestes xenarthrosus were so well preserved as to leave soft tissue parts intact Photograph: Georg Oleschinski
<p>Spinolestes xenarthrosus&rsquo;s 125m-year-old remains, found in Cuenca, Spain, with earlobe, lung, liver and furry pelt, is 60m years older any other mammal found with soft tissues preserved</p>
Fancy owning a dinosaur? Perfectly preserved skeleton from 180 MILLION years ago up for auction
mirror.co.uk/   28 September 2015   Germany   Holzmaden  
fossil of a 180-million-year-old croc
<p>The Steneosaurus skeleton, found in south-west Germany, is so well-preserved it still has rows of sharp teeth<br>The well-preserved rare fossil of a 9ft-long saltwater crocodile that roamed Europe 180 million years ago is expected to snap up £165,000 when ...
ANCIENT WHALE FOSSIL DISCOVERED IN SANTA CRUZ, CAN PROVIDE INSIGHT INTO WHALE EVOLUTION
I4U News   21 September 2015   USA   Santa Cruz County, California  
whale fossil 4 million years_Santa Cruz County-California_i4ucom
<p>The fossil skeleton dates back to 4 million years. It is rare to be found relatively intact skeleton instead of pieces<br />Scientists unearthed a huge fossilized skeleton at a construction site in Santa Cruz County, California. The fossil reportedly belongs ...
Fossils found in African cave are new species of human kin, say scientists
The Washington Post   10 September 2015   South Africa   Africa  
A composite skeleton of H. naledi is surrounded by some of the hundreds of other fossil elements recovered from the cave. (National Geographic/National Geographic)
<p>The two amateur cavers had to feel their way along the cave’s winding passages, crawl on their stomachs through an opening less than 10 inches high, ascend a jagged wall, cross a narrow ledge dubbed the “Dragon’s Back,” and make a 400-foot descent, sideways, ...
ICE AGE FOSSILS UNEARTHED IN CARLSBAD
breitbart.com   07 September 2015   USA   California,Carlsbad  
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<p>This summer in Carlsbad, a treasure trove of Ice Age (Pleistocene Epoch) fossils from close to 200,000 years ago was unearthed at a construction site on Quarry Creek–the site of a new development where over 600 new homes are slated for construction.</p ...
Four-legged fossil snake is a world first
Despite these legs, this is definitely a snake. "Tetrapodophis amplectus" Dave Martill, University of Portsmouth
<p>The first four-legged fossil snake ever found is forcing scientists to rethink how snakes evolved from lizards.</p> <p>Although it has four legs, Tetrapodophis amplectus has other features that clearly mark it as a snake, says Nick Longrich, a palaeontologist ...