Early life on Earth had sulphur-based metabolisms
Microfossils from the Pilbara in Western Australia have extended the fossil record of sulphur-loving bacteria by 500 million years or more.
Fossil reveals origin of the whale’s giant mouth
The fossilised jaws of the extinct baleen whale Janjucetus hunderi. Photograph by Jon Augier; Copyright Museum Victoria Baleen whales first evolved their huge mouths for capturing large prey, a new study has shown.
Dinosaurs weren’t as cold as we thought
They may have been extinct for 65 million years, but scientists have found a way to take their temperatures.
Climate change may have wiped out the Greenland Vikings
The Norse can teach us a lesson about failing to adapt to climate change.
The first Australian spinosaur
Palaeontologists have found evidence of spinosaur dinosaurs in Australia.
Tutankhamun’s burial believed to be a rush job
The microbial growths in the pharaoh’s tomb suggest that he was buried in a hurry.
The secret lies beneath the collagen
Researchers form the University of York and the University of Manchester, UK, have extracted protein from the bones of a 600,000 year-old mammoth.
Scientists find giant fossil of an ancient sea predator
Fossils from Morocco suggest that these giant shrimp were around much longer and grew bigger than we thought.
Did language originate in Africa?
New research suggests that language originated in southern Africa and that it evolved into different families — each developed unique characteristics.
