Tag: fossils
Who You Gonna Call? Ankylosaur!
A new sub-species of the ankylosaur, known for its unique, dangerous tail club, has been named after a classic Ghostbusters baddie.
There’s Something Fishy About That Fossil
A 340-million-year-old fossil, a 20-year-long mystery and, finally, some new clues on how fish evolved into land-faring creatures.
Bite-Sized Wisdom About Our Ancestors
Analyzing the Vitamin D in fossilized teeth could give us new clues about ancient humans' diet, lifestyles, and even their skin pigmentation.
For Brains, Bigger Isn’t Necessarily Better
The study of ancient primitive primates, using cutting-edge 3-D imaging technology, is shedding new light on how human brains evolved.
Lighting Up the Jurassic World
Thanks to a new technique using infrared light, researchers have probed into the soft tissue of dinosaurs from 195 million years ago.
Digging Deep for a Prehistoric Mystery
Did the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs actually help foster other lifeforms? The answer may lie underwater in the Gulf of Mexico.
