Fossils can be broadly divided into body fossils and trace fossils. Body fossil – The remains of part (or all) of an actual organism. In the kits, the trilobite (2), brachiopod (3), dinosaur bone (4), ...

The initial radiation of vascular land plants, evidenced by increases in both diversity and morphological disparity during ...

Fossils are rare because their formation and ... muds, ashes and other types of loose sediment. This process is called diagenesis and refers to the lithification of both the sediment to the ...

Remnants of a bizarre “shark-toothed” aquatic predator that lived alongside dinosaurs were probably forged, according to new research. The fossil possesses highly unusual blade-like teeth ...

Fossils are physical evidence of prehistoric animals and plants. They tell us about the history of our planet, from climate and evolution to diets and diseases. There may be more to these prehistoric ...

“One of the things people have wondered is if maybe important events in mammal ancestry took place in the tropics, and we’ve been missing fossils of these types of animals at the right age to ...

The few fossils are enough to start piecing together ... However those investigations pan out, the coexistence of two types of apes at Hammerschmiede underscores Europe’s influential role ...

In the latest Sustainability Landscape report, we highlight a couple of types of sustainable funds that specifically contribute to climate action: fossil-fuel-free and low carbon. Here ...