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Ancient polystrate fossils revive biblical flood theory debate

Supporters of biblical flood theories argue the fossils are difficult to reconcile with slow sediment accumulation over millions of years.

Updated 52 days ago

Chinese brothers stunned as stepping stones turn out to be dinosaur fossils

Chinese brothers discovered the rocks they used daily were actually dinosaur footprint fossils, later confirmed through a detailed scientific study.

Published 220 days ago

Scientifically Speaking: How AI can hunt for ghosts in Earth’s oldest rocks

The team, led by astrobiologist Michael Wong and geologist Robert Hazen, did not discover a new fossil. (Adobe stock photo)

Updated 220 days ago

Borderlands 4: Release date, time, where to play, editions and more

Borderlands 4 release date, time and more

Published 307 days ago

Ancient proteins could transform palaeontology

Photo: Reuters

Published 328 days ago

Fossil of oldest known modern bird uncovered in Antarctica: Report

A fossil found in Antarctica revealed Vegavis iaai as the oldest known modern bird.

Published 517 days ago

Lucy in Europe: See fossil exhibit of 3.18 million year old human in Prague

The hyperrealistic artistic reconstruction of the female Austrolopithecus afarensis (Lucy), based on finds from Hadar, Ethiopia, in the National Museum of Prague in Prague, is pictured.

Updated 523 days ago

Former Fossils member Chandramouli Biswas dies by suicide at 48

Chandramouli Biswas is survived by his parents.

Updated 546 days ago

35-million-year-old rare cetacean fossils discovered in Meghalaya

Fossilised jawbone in South Garo Hills

Published 792 days ago

Fossils found in Gujarat's Kutch may belong to largest snake ‘Vasuki’: Study

The fossils were dated back to the Middle Eocene period, approximately 47 million years ago.

Published 815 days ago

Flowers may be more ancient than dinosaurs, say scientists

The timing of flowers’ evolution is still a matter of debate between scientists, but most scientists are in one of two camps: Jurassic or Cretaceous.

Published 821 days ago

Jharkhand to protect fossil rock in Dumka district to attract tourists

Jharkhand to protect fossil rock in Dumka district to attract tourists

Published 989 days ago

DNA traces found in fossil of six million-year-old sea turtle

The turtle is from the same genus - Lepidochelys - as two of the world's seven living species of sea turtles - the Kemp's ridley, the world's smallest sea turtle, and the olive ridley.

Published 1018 days ago

Geologist finds marine fossils at icy heights in Ladakh

These well-preserved fossils, which indicate a thriving marine environment at the time of deposition, are likely the first reported findings from this formation, a statement about the findings by the geologist said (HT Photo)

Updated 1048 days ago

Ancient whale in the Peruvian desert likely to be heaviest animal ever

Perucetus colossus, an early whale from Peru that lived about 38-40 million years ago.

Published 1075 days ago

Human ancestors butchered and ate each other, study reveals

While the marks looked nothing like animal bites, they did resemble those that had been made by stone tools. (File)

Published 1111 days ago

Rare fossil ‘left-over impression of fallen beehive’

Officials said that the fossil also had traces of honey and wax. (HT)

Updated 1122 days ago

Fossils of 3 giant sea reptiles - weighed up to 80 tons - found in Swiss Alps

Fossils of 3 giant sea reptiles - weighed up to 80 tons - found in Swiss Alps (AFP)

Published 1537 days ago

36-million-year-old whale fossil found in Peruvian desert

The fossil was found at the end of 2021 in the Ocucaje Desert - the desolate landscape was a shallow sea millions of years ago. AFP

Published 1578 days ago

Fossils found in China show new species of extinct giant rhino that roamed Asia

Paraceratherium linxiaense giant rhinos in the Linxia Basin during the Oligocene.

Published 1850 days ago

Florida divers discover rare mammoth fossil dating back to Ice Age. See pics

The images shows Henry Sadler and Derek Demeter holding the mammoth fossil.

Published 1894 days ago

300 million-year-old ‘Godzilla Shark’ with dragon-like jawline gets new name

In this undated photo provided by John-Paul Hodnett are a row of teeth on the lower jaw of a 300-million-year-old shark species named this week following a nearly complete skeleton of the species in 2013 in New Mexico. Discoverer Hodnett says it was the short, squat teeth that first alerted him to the possibility that the specimen initially dubbed "Godzilla Shark" could be a species distinct from it's ancient cousins, which have longer, more spear-like teeth. The image was taken using angled light techniques that reveal fossil features underneath sediment.

Published 1911 days ago

Six-year-old stumbles upon fossil from million of years ago in garden in England

Singh believes the fossil's markings mean it is most likely a Rugosa coral and that the period that they existed from was between 500 and 251 million years ago, the Paleozoic Era.

Published 1933 days ago

Million-year-old Siberian mammoth teeth yield oldest DNA ever recovered

An artist's reconstruction shows the extinct steppe mammoth, an evolutionary predecessor to the woolly mammoth that flourished during the last Ice Age.

Published 1971 days ago

Study explores which microfossils sign 'early life'

Fossilized spheres and filaments--two common bacterial shapes--made of organic carbon (typically associated with life) can form abiotically (in the absence of living organisms) and might even be easier to preserve than bacteria.

Published 1990 days ago

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