palaeontology

Proteins found in fossil dinosaur feathers shed light on links to birds

Ancient humans and hyenas in a battle of the scavengers

Trapdoor spider terrorised Australia’s forests 15 million years ago

South America’s largest predator before the dinosaurs

Long-legged Chinese dinosaur was probably a wader

Fossil suggests tropicbirds originated in Zealandia just after dino extinction

Ancient koala fossils fill gap in Australian marsupial history

Fossils in China show “Peking Man” lived alongside ravens

Fossil of ancient three-eyed insect relative fills gap in animal evolution

T. rex cousins discovered in Morocco shed light on last dinosaurs in Africa

Auckland pipeline upgrade unearths fossil treasure trove

New fossil ape found in Turkey challenges understanding of human evolution

1 2 3 … 12