Latest science news in Paleontology & Archaeology
Test shows dinosaurs survived mass extinction by 700,000 years
University of Alberta researchers determined that a fossilised dinosaur bone found in New Mexico confounds the long established paradigm that the age of dinosaurs ended between 65.5 and 66 million...
Caltech geobiologists uncover links between ancient climate change and mass extinction
About 450 million years ago, Earth suffered the second-largest mass extinction in its history - the Late Ordovician mass extinction, during which more than 75 percent of marine species died....
Royal Dutch Shell defends Nigerian work
THE HAGUE, Netherlands, Jan. 27 (UPI) -- Royal Dutch Shell won't pay compensation for the thousands of oil spills in Nigeria caused by oil bandits, company executives said at...
Evolution by mistake
Charles Darwin based his groundbreaking theory of natural selection on the realisation that genetic variation among organisms is the key to evolution...
Seahorses' strange shape explained
Scientists solve the mystery of the seahorse's strange and beautiful shape with slow-motion footage showing how it helps them to feed.
Ocean changes unsettling to solo sailor
A Canadian sailing in a solo around-the-world race says he is disturbed by the "horrendous" conditions he has encountered in the southern oceans - including the near absence of large...
The first single-fingered dinosaur
A new species of parrot-sized dinosaur, the first discovered with only one finger, has been unearthed in Inner Mongolia, China...
The truth behind Tudor tombs is out there
(PhysOrg.com) -- An Oxford historian is working with space scientists and art historians to analyse Renaissance Tomb-Monuments in Suffolk, which the team hope will unlock secrets of the Tudor Reformation.
Amateur Astronomer Contest Reveals Universe's Beauty
A photography contest gave amateur astronomers the chance to draw out the hidden beauty of the universe, and some of the results are spectacular.
Chopin's hallucinations were probably caused by epilepsy
The composer Frederic Chopin, who regularly hallucinated, probably had temporal lobe epilepsy throughout his short life, reveals research published online in Medical Humanities. Hallucinations typically feature in seizure disorders, they...
China spurs quest for human variome
Population giant weighs in with funds for disease-related genetics project.
Seed swaps breed biodiversity | Peter Giovannini
Freezing seeds is all very well, but we must encourage the exchange of knowledge with events like Seedy SundayI pay £1.50 at the door and a long-haired woman wearing colourful clothes stamps...
A clearer picture of how rivers and deltas develop
By adding information about the subsoil to an existing sedimentation and erosion model, researchers at Delft University of Technology (TU Delft, The Netherlands) have obtained a clearer picture of...
Study says conservation icons face regular climate extremes
(PhysOrg.com) -- Climate change this century is expected to place substantial strain on the integrity and survival of some of the world's biologically important conservation regions, with most experiencing monthly...
Miniature 'T-Rex relation' found
Michael Pittman describes his discovery of a dinosaur that "shares a close common ancestor with the tyrannosaurus rex".
Birds vanishing in the Philippines
The number of birds flying south to important wintering grounds in the Philippines has fallen sharply this year, with experts saying the dramatic demise of wetlands and hunting are to...
Fossil trove found at Colorado reservoir
ASPEN, Colo., Jan. 24 (UPI) -- An ice age graveyard near a U.S. ski resort holds the remains of dozens of animals including mammoths, mastodons and a giant ground...
Two-clawed T.rex cousin found
A tiny cousin of Tyrannosaurus rex has been discovered in China with only a single claw on each upper limb.
Mass extinction 'smoking gun' said found
CALGARY, Alberta, Jan. 24 (UPI) -- Researchers in Canada say they've found the so-called smoking gun in the world's greatest prehistoric extinction of life, in ash layers in Canada's...
Researcher: Job growth strategies wrong
EAST LANSING, Mich., Jan. 24 (UPI) -- The job-creation mantra in some U.S. cities -- "If you build it, they will come" -- may not work, a researcher says,...
German foundation refuses to return Nefertiti bust
BERLIN/CAIRO (Reuters) - A German foundation rejected Monday an Egyptian request to return the 3,400-year-old bust of Queen Nefertiti, a sculpture which draws over one million viewers annually to a...
Austin, Texas, to test police head cameras
AUSTIN, Texas, Jan. 24 (UPI) -- Head cameras will allow Austin, Texas, police to gather evidence while holding officers accountable for their actions, official said.
National science museum acquires polar mementoes
The national science museum has bought a pair of scientific instruments owned by the only Canadian member of Robert Falcon Scott's tragic expedition to the South Pole in 1910-1913.
Fossils from the ‘Great Dying’
The unearthing of fossils that followed the ‘Great Dying’ is providing clues to how species survive mass extinction events.
Academic unearths mystery behind Ice Age fossils in 'once in a life-time discovery'
Scientists will analyze hundreds of of mammoths, mastodons and other Ice Age creatures recently unearthered in Colorado.
FYI: When Will We Evolve Out Of Our Useless Appendages?
Wisdom Teeth Are On Their Way Out It will take us a long time to evolve out of our wisdom teeth. p_x_g on Flickr Never. We're probably stuck with our appendix, pinky...
Fitness guru Jack LaLanne dies
Fitness guru Jack LaLanne, who inspired television viewers to trim down and pump iron decades before exercise became a national obsession, has died at age 96.
New Ammonite From An Ancient Saltwater Lake
A new fossil cephalopod has turned up in the news! It's funny cuz I was just pondering ammonites recently. "It is a new species of squid, totally new, that has not...