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India`s fossil collection under threat

Last Updated: Thursday, August 29, 2013, 13:44

Dead for millions of years, they are now at the risk of yet another death!

Dinosaur excavation sites in China inundated by floods

Last Updated: Friday, August 23, 2013, 18:55

Flooding in northeastern China has inundated famous dinosaur excavation sites and a local museum, as workers worry dinosaur fossils may be swept away.

`Grains of sand` from ancient fossils shed new light on evolution

Last Updated: Sunday, August 11, 2013, 15:25

An evolutionary ecologist from the University of Southampton, is using "grains of sand" to understand more about the process of evolution.

How plant-eating dinosaurs co-existed millions of years ago

Last Updated: Thursday, July 11, 2013, 15:09

A new study helps answer a long-standing question in palaeontology, as to how numerous species of large, plant-eating dinosaurs could co-exist successfully over geological time.

Flying dinosaurs roamed England 110 million years ago

Last Updated: Friday, June 14, 2013, 11:32

A new study has found that a wide variety of flying reptiles were present in England 110 million years ago.

Famed fossil `Archaeopteryx` put back into bird category

Last Updated: Thursday, May 30, 2013, 12:14

An international team of scientists believes archaeopteryx, a raven-sized creature that lived about 150 million years ago, should indeed be considered a bird.

Rare fossils give insight into dinosaur brain development

Last Updated: Tuesday, May 21, 2013, 13:25

A new analysis of differently-aged brain fossils from the same species of dinosaur has revealed new insights into how the organ developed in the 150-million-year old creatures.

Oldest evidence of split between Old World monkeys and apes uncovered

Last Updated: Thursday, May 16, 2013, 12:40

Discovery of two fossils from the East African Rift has provided new information about the evolution of primates, according to a study.

`Earth smelled like rotten eggs 1,900 mn yrs ago`

Last Updated: Tuesday, April 30, 2013, 16:35

Tiny 1,900 mn-yr-old fossils from rocks around Lake Superior, Canada, has given the first ever snapshot of organisms eating each other.

Fossils help uncover origins of Antarctic ecosystem

Last Updated: Tuesday, April 23, 2013, 14:25

The unique marine ecosystem of today`s Antarctic seas first developed when large ice sheets formed on Antarctica around 34 million years ago, according to new research involving a scientist from the University of Southampton.

Scientists decode DNA of `living fossil` fish

Last Updated: Thursday, April 18, 2013, 09:28

Scientists have decoded the DNA of a celebrated "living fossil" fish, giving them new insights into how today`s mammals, amphibians, reptiles and birds evolved from a fish ancestor.

Fossilised embryos shed light on dinosaur development

Last Updated: Thursday, April 11, 2013, 09:07

Scientists on Wednesday said they had unearthed a treasure trove of fossilised dinosaur embryos dating back some 190 million years, a find that sheds light on how these enigmatic reptiles developed in the egg.