Researchers reexamining fossils identified telltale marks made by human ancestors cutting meat from bones. The discovery pushes back the date hominins started living in Europe by 200,000 years.
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Oviraptorosaurs are weird dinosaurs, which look a bit like flightless birds. But these ancient animals aren’t just funny looking fossils. As my team’s new research shows, they can help us understand how…
Foraminifera have lived almost everywhere in the ocean for millions of years. Their fossilised remains hold a record of Earth’s past.
This is the first time that a fossil thrips has been recorded anywhere in Africa, or the entire southern hemisphere.
Fossils tell us the titanosaurs were the biggest dinosaurs – but new discoveries could reveal new giants!
A deep dive into Earth’s distant past shows how life on land struggled to recover long after the worst warming event of all time.
Not knowing exactly when regular meat consumption became part of our ancestors’ diets is a gap in our understanding of human evolution.
If we struggle to work out what the whole animal looked like most of the time, how can we begin to piece together their lives and how they behaved?
For 135 years, there’s been just a single species belonging to this group. Now, a second has been discovered in western Queensland.
Some of the new finds are the first evidence of these types of dinosaurs from Australia.
Chickens, concrete, computers and clothes will leave a billion-year mark in the rocks.
The history of human origins research is intimately intertwined with the prevalent socio-political landscape.
Sharks have ruled the Earth’s oceans for 400 million years. Recent research on fossil shark teeth has discovered an innovative method for dating ancient sediments.
This is the oldest confirmed use of a mixture comprising two or more plant toxins specifically applied to arrowheads.
The long, sharp, blade-like canines found in many extinct predators evolved at least five times throughout history.
Pterosaurs may help inspire future technology.
The discovery of the most complete ichthyosaur skeleton known from New Zealand sheds new light on the diversity of these ancient dolphin-like marine reptiles in the southern hemisphere.
South Africa is home to some remarkable geoheritage.
Eurasia and Africa were once populated by 13-tonne, 4 metre tall elephants, but their evolution has long remained a puzzle. A giant fossil skull from Kashmir paves way to unlocking their mysteries.
Analysing sediments can help scientists to predict how climate change will influence natural disasters.
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Associate professor in Vertebrate Palaeontology, University of the Witwatersrand
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Strategic Professor in Palaeontology, Flinders University
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Research Associate, African Centre for Coastal Palaeoscience, Nelson Mandela University
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Professor of Vertebrate Palaeontology, University of Bristol
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Professor in Evolutionary Biology (jointly appointed with South Australian Museum), Flinders University
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Research Associate in the College of Science and Engineering, Flinders University
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Associate Professor, Vertebrate Palaeontology Group, Flinders University
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Associate Professor in Ancient DNA, University of Otago
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Honorary Research Associate, Evolutionary Studies Institute, University of the Witwatersrand
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Senior Lecturer in Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology, Life Sciences at the University of Bath, University of Bath
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Professor in Geochronology and Geochemistry, Southern Cross University
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Professor of Palaeobiology, University of Leicester
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Research Associate, School of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Curtin University
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Professor of Evolutionary Biology, Université du Québec à Rimouski (UQAR)
