BBC1 年
Scottish fossil revealed to be pterodactyl ancestor
after a century of it being "locked inside a block of stone". Researchers used powerful X-ray scans to examine the fossil, found a century ago in Scotland. Their study produced the first full ...
BBC1 年
Ancient stone tools found in Kenya made by early humans
Two big fossil teeth found at the site belong to an extinct human cousin, known as Paranthropus. Scientists had previously thought that Oldowan tools, a kind of simple stone implement, were only ...
来自MSN2 个月
It's National Fossil Day. Here are the Michigan fossils you can celebrate with the National ...
LANSING — When it comes to fossils, Michigan missed out on Tyrannosaurus rex and its associates, but the Mitten State came out just fine with its famous Petoskey stones and mastodons. The ...
China Internet Information Center1 天
China Focus: World's smallest cat fossil found at ancient human site in China
BEIJING, Dec. 27 (Xinhua) -- Archaeologists have unearthed the tiniest known cat fossil at an ancient human site in east China, identified as an extinct species of leopard cat. This diminutive feline ...
BBC1 个月
How are fossils made?
Things like footprints, burrows, eggs and even poo (called coprolite) can be fossilised too. A fossil is the preserved remains or traces of a dead organism. The process by which a fossil is formed ...