Picture shows part of a parietal bone of Homo Antecessor, undated. Scientist found Homo Antecessor remains from 800,000 years ago found in Atapuerca, Spain, during a 2023 campaign. (Maria D. Guillen, IPHES-CERCA/Newsflash)

Historic Discovery Of Fossilised Skeletons Of Humans’ 850,000-Year-Old Cannibal Ancestors

• Post author:Joseph Golder
• Post published:August 29, 2023

Archaeologists in Spain have unearthed the fossilised skeletons of humans' 850,000-year-old cannibal ancestors in a historic discovery. The Homo Antecessor remains, the first to be dug up in 20 years,…

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Illustration of of Patagorhynchus pascual, undated. A team of palaeontologists found in the Patagonia of Argentina fossil remains of a close relative of the platypus that lived in the Mesozoic era, in the Chorrillo Formation, Argentina. (CONICET/Newsflash)

70 Million-Year-Old Platypus Relative From Dinosaur Age Found In Patagonia

• Post author:Joseph Golder
• Post published:February 22, 2023

The fossilised remains of a new species that is a 70-million-year-old dinosaur-age relative of the modern-day platypus have been discovered in Patagonia. The researchers who made the discovery said that…

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Picture shows the excavation process of the Taguatagua 3 deposit, in Taguatagua, Chile, undated. More than a hundred fossil remains of gomphotheres have been found and the lithic tools used to hunt them have been recovered at the site since 2019. (IPHES/Newsflash)

Ancient Americans Hunted And Butchered Prehistoric Elephants 13,000 Years Ago

• Post author:Joseph Golder
• Post published:December 4, 2022

A startling discovery of a Stone Age slaughterhouse has revealed that ancient Americans were hunting and butchering prehistoric ancestors of elephants in Chile nearly 13,000 years ago. Scientists have unearthed…

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Picture shows a turtle footprint in undated footage. Researchers from the Zhucheng Dinosaur Culture Research Center in Shandong Province, China, found more than 20 turtle footprints in dinosaur tracks at the Huanglonggou dinosaur footprint fossil site. (AsiaWire)

Amazed Boffins Discover 100-Million Years Old Turtle Footprints

• Post author:Simona Kitanovska
• Post published:November 14, 2022

Scientists in China have discovered 100-million-years-old fossilised turtle footprints, including one ‘among the world’s best preserved’. The rare discovery was made at the Huanglonggou fossil site, located in the eastern…

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Picture shows dinosaur egg fossil, undated. After research by many fossil experts, it is preliminarily determined that the dinosaur egg fossil found in Wuning, Jiangxi in China was from the Late Cretaceous, about 70 million years ago. (Wuning County Museum/AsiaWire)

70-Million-Year-Old Fossilised Dinosaur Eggs Unveiled

• Post author:Simona Kitanovska
• Post published:October 16, 2022

A scientific research team has unveiled a site with well-preserved fossilised dinosaur eggs that date back almost 70 million years in south-eastern China. Woman takes a picture of the dinosaur…

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Picture shows the fossilized arm of an animal that lived during the Ensenadense Age, more than 700,000 years ago, undated. (Museo Paleontologico de San Pedro/Newsflash)

Ancient Armadillo Weighed A Tonne, Say Experts Who Unearthed Its Arm

• Post author:Georgina Jedikovska
• Post published:October 8, 2022

Astonished archaeologists have unearthed a 700,000-year-old fossilised armadillo arm during an excavation at a concrete manufacturer's mine. The arm - found in Argentina - is almost three feet long by…

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Photo shows a half-a-million-year-old elephant tusk, undated photo. It was unearthed in the southern coastal plain of Israel. (Yoli Schwartz, Israel Antiquities Authority/Newsflash)

Half-A-Million-Year-Old Tusk From Extinct Giant Elephant Unearthed

• Post author:Alice Amelia Thomas
• Post published:September 8, 2022

This footage shows a tusk from an extinct, half-a-million-year-old giant elephant at an archaeological dig site in southern Israel after a visitor stumbled across it by accident. Experts have said…

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The Cretaceous bird Jeholornis pooping out seeds from fruit, helping fruit-bearing plants take over the world. Undated photo illustration. (Illustration by Zhixin Han and Yifan Wang,SWNS/Newsflash)

Bird That Lived 120 Million Years Ago Was First To Eat Fruit

• Post author:Simona Kitanovska
• Post published:August 28, 2022

The earliest-known animal to eat fruit was an ancient bird that lived 120 million years ago, according to new research. Hundreds of animals eat fruit now, but most fruit-bearing plants…

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Photo shows an unusually large number of well-preserved blossoms that were recovered in the first weeks of excavations in the Messel pit in Germany, undated photo. Prof. Dr Dieter Uhl states that blossoms are generally only sporadically recorded in fossils. (Senckenberg/Newsflash)

Pollen Found In Fossilised Ancient Beetle In Germany

• Post author:Thomas Hochwarter
• Post published:August 22, 2022

Scientists in Germany are optimistic about finding out more about ancient ecosystems after discovering pollen in a fossilised beetle that lived around 50 million years ago. The insect has been…

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Loligo vulgaris (pictured), one of the 10,000 unique fossils from the Alpine Triassic period that were examined from a team of researchers from the Natural History Museum Vienna and the University of Vienna. (NHM Vienna, Alexander Lukeneder/Newsflash)

Austrian Scientists Find Worlds First Proof Of Fossilised Squid Cartilage Using Home Office To Work In

• Post author:Thomas Hochwarter
• Post published:May 3, 2022

A team of experts and science enthusiasts led by a married couple of palaeontologists who managed to keep working by turning their home into a science lab have discovered the…

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