Recent fossil specimens reveal that this ancient plant is even stranger than previously ... “Normally we don’t expect to see that preserved in these types of fossils, but maybe we’ve been overlooking ...
The fossil was bought for a record-breaking $44.6 million last July—it’s the most expensive ever sold at auction, according to AP—and is currently on a long-term loan to the museum.
Over the years, men and women slowly became more equal, and I became celebrated as one of the greatest fossil hunters that ever lived. Mary Anning was born on 21 May 1799. She lived in the English ...
An “alien plant” fossil discovered 55 years ago just outside of an abandoned town in Utah has no relation to any currently existing or extinct species, scientists revealed in a study last month.
But a new fossil discovery in another part of the world seemingly flips that notion on its head. The research, study co-author David Begun said, "suggest[s] that hominins not only evolved in ...