Exploring Prehistoric Life

Sat, 2018-12-01

Utah is home to the most dinosaur fossils on the planet – and Grand is home to more fossils than any other county in the state.

Thu, 2018-11-29

Now improved dating of fossils suggests that the species survived in Eastern Europe and Central Asia until at least 39,000 years ago, overlapping in time with the existence of early modern humans.

Wed, 2018-11-28

The first DNA tests on Siberian unicorns have shown that the 4-ton animal lived at the same time as modern humans, according to scientists.

Wed, 2018-11-28

Recent excavations have found fossils of new species of butterflies and fish etc of the Cambrian Period, the first...

Wed, 2018-11-28

Paleontologists in Poland have found fossil fragments from a giant new species of mammal-like reptile that walked the Earth approximately 237 million years ago (Late...

Wed, 2018-11-28

Though the theory that modern-day birds evolved from dinosaurs is widely accepted by scientists today, historically, this theory has lacked evidence. But researchers at Yale and the University of Chile have begun to use embryological data to as evidence of a bird-...

Sat, 2018-12-01

The North Dakota Geological Survey is expanding its well-received fossil dig program.

Tue, 2018-11-27

GREAT White Sharks were probably eaten by the monstrously-sized Megalodon which hunted “just about everything”, a shark expert has exclusively told Daily Star Online....

Mon, 2018-11-26

UTM paleontologists search the past to learn how mammalian teeth evolved.

Sun, 2018-11-25

The "exquisitely preserved" remains of a 300-million-year-old reptile have been found in the United States, rewriting "the known evolutionary timeline", the New Mexico Museum of Natural history says.

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