The Pisco Basin is a hot, desert area famed for frequent discoveries of ancient marine species and was an extensive sea in ancient times, making it a reservoir of marine fossils.
Volcanic activity in the region likely contributed to the accumulation of these marine remains, according to Dr. Austin Hendy of the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. The fossils were ...
Archaeologists from the University of Burgos discovered 15 marine fossils in a Neanderthal cave in northern Spain, suggesting that Neanderthals may have been capable of abstract thought long ...
A 200-million-year-old marine reptile fossil found by a dog in 2007 has finally gone on display. Experts spent 16 years working to extract and restore the 3.2m-long (10.5ft) plesiosaur skeleton.
RAIPUR: Chhattisgarh's Manendragarh district is poised to attract history enthusiasts and geologists with the discovery of a 280-million-year-old marine fossil site along the Hasdeo River.