Fossils - Page 41

April 28, 2016

Daddy Longlegs fossil keeps erection for 99 million years

If you think an erection lasting more than 4 hours is a problem, try one lasting more than 99 million years

April 28, 2016

Sexy signal? Frill and horns may have helped dinosaur communicate

The fancy frill and cheek horns that adorned the head of a triceratops relative may have helped the dinosaur communicate, possibly acting as a social or sexy signal, a new study suggests

April 28, 2016

Fossilized eyeballs reveal crustacean had incredibly complex sight

A mysterious 160-million-year-old crustacean had incredibly complex eyes similar to those of modern arthropods, a group that includes insects and other crustaceans, among other animals, a new study finds

April 28, 2016

Mysterious 'Hobbit' relative may have lived on isolated island

A mysterious relative of the extinct human species nicknamed the "hobbit" may have once lived on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, new research suggests

April 28, 2016

Archaeologists discover 4,800-year-old fossil of mother cradling a baby

In a discovery perfectly timed for Mother’s Day, archaeologists in Taiwan have unearthed the 4,800-year-old human fossil of a mother cradling an infant in her arms.

April 26, 2016

Experts reveal details of mass dinosaur exodus

In the latest chapter of clues left by dinosaurs, it turns out that they migrated out of Europe en masse some 100 million years ago.

April 14, 2016

Teeth in Israeli desert spur discovery of new rodent species

Using ancient teeth found in an Israeli desert, scientists have identified a new species of rodent that lived millions of years ago.

April 6, 2016

'Bone scars' reveal the varied growth of dinosaur cousins

Focusing on fossils from a dog-sized cousin of the dinosaurs, paleontologists have learned more about the variable growth patterns between individuals of an ancient species.

April 1, 2016

Ancient snake's colors revealed through 10-million-year-old fossil

Scientists have used sophisticated scanning technology to discover what colors an ancient snake, captured in a colorless fossil, would have had on its skin.

March 30, 2016

'Hobbit' found in Indonesia may have gone extinct earlier than thought

It turns out a tiny hominin nicknamed the “Hobbit” may have disappeared from the Indonesian island of Flores much earlier than scientists originally thought.