Plesiosaur fossil discovery ‘the Rosetta Stone of marine palaeontology’
The first known head and body of a 100-million-year-old elasmosaur have been found in Western Queensland.
The first known head and body of a 100-million-year-old elasmosaur have been found in Western Queensland.
Fossils found in a field on a farm in New South Wales are yielding a remarkable insight into life 15 million years ago in eastern Australia.
The preserved liver, stomach, intestine and heart of the fossilised prehistoric jawed fish, Arthrodire placoderm, are the oldest ever found.
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Scientists have been shocked to find fossils belonging to the pygmy right whale—typically confined to the Southern Hemisphere, in parts of Italy and Japan.
Neanderthals had a very varied diet based on what foods were available to them where they lived. They also knew what to eat when they were sick.
The extinction of the giant reptiles, marsupials and birds that once called Australia home has been the subject of much debate, including the role early Australians may have had on their fate.
The discovery in Burma of the fluffy tail of a little dinosaur perfectly preserved in amber has stunned scientists.
Scientists have long believed that our distant cousins are an ancient group of armoured fish called placoderms. But a new study is casting doubt on that view.