Scientists discovered the oldest known Ichthyosaur remains. The paleontological find is changing how scientists see the emergence of the species as a whole.
The delayed appearance of these animals shows that this was not a unique period of rapid evolutionary advances, as previously believed.
Experts believe that the discovery will help fill a gap in the fossil record.
The limestone statue has been nicknamed "Yum keeb" - or the god of phallus and fertility.
The DNA found in Greenland is the oldest on record and revealed an ecosystem with an ancient open forest teeming with animals.
A comparison between the UK's Boxgrove fossils and the Sima de Los Huesos in Spain has led to new understandings of the links between some of Europe's earliest humans.
Findings show that Çayönü was a genetically diverse population because it carried mixed ancestry from the west and east sides of the Fertile Crescent - caused by immigration.
For years, scientists have been stumped as to what caused the golf ball-sized holes in the skull of one of the world's best-known dinosaur fossils.
The discovery has "important implications in terms of the paleoenvironment of the region, faunal dispersals and human cultural connections."
Reptiles evolved at an alarming rate to suit themselves to changes in climate, Harvard study finds
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