A fossilized braincase that sat in in the collection of the Natural History Museum in London for a century has been identified as Europe’s first megaraptoran dinosaur, a lineage once thought to have flourished mainly in the southern hemisphere.

Paleontologists have described a new genus and species of polybranchiaspiform galeaspid fish from the Early Devonian of Yunnan, China.

A remarkably well-preserved fossil from Mongolia’s Gobi Desert is reshaping scientists’ understanding of mammal evolution during the age of dinosaurs. The new species, described today in the journal Nature, reveals that a group of extinct mammals known as zhelestids were not close relatives of modern placental mammals as many researchers thought for decades. Instead, they […] The post New Gobi Desert Fossil Rewrites a Chapter of Mammal Evolution appeared first on Good News Network.

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Fossil Rewrites Cretaceous Mammal Evolution Story

A venomous snake was found inside a high school football player's helmet during practice, while an 80‑million‑year‑old fossil from Brazil provides new insight into the early evolution of snakes.

A cache of 1.5 million-year-old bone tools uncovered in Tanzania suggest ancient human ancestors were capable of critical thinking and advanced craftsmanship.

Researchers have uncovered Asia’s first known thorny bamboo fossils—37,000 years old—in Manipur’s Chirang river deposits, offering rare insights into bamboo evolution and Ice Age biodiversity.