However, studying how this marvel came to be can prove controversial, as life’s earliest forms are known only from fossils, which weather over time. Consequently, it is of great interest to ...

When the fossil’s container stored at the Czech National Museum was examined for repacking in 2011, it turned out to be “the world's oldest fossilized large land plant.” An academic paper on ...

A study has found that what scientists thought were the oldest human fossils found in Japan are the bones of a brown bear. Image: Monument to Ushikawa man. Credits: Public Domain, via Wikimedia ...

A paper produced in collaboration between the Department of Earth Sciences at University College London and the UK’s Natural History Museum posited that while the oldest fossils that have been ...

The discovery that the Ushikawa fossils are not human means the oldest human fossils found on the Japanese mainland are from a limestone quarry near the Japanese city of Hamakita, about 25 miles ...

The work could have implications for how aquatic species respond to our ... Discovery of 'Punk' and 'Emo' Fossils Challenges Our Understanding of Ancient Molluscs Jan. 8, 2025 — Researchers have ...

Jan. 27, 2025 — Archaeologists have uncovered evidence that a house in England is the site of a lost residence of Harold, the last Anglo-Saxon King of England, and shown in the Bayeux Tapestry ...

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The trouble is, they're probably near-impossible to reach. A paper produced in collaboration between the Department of Earth Sciences at University College London and the UK’s Natural History Museum ...