How Pandas Became Vegetarian Decoded After Discovery Of Fossils In China
Pandas eat for up to 15 hours a day and an adult panda can consume 45kg of bamboo a day.Beijing: The discovery of panda fossils in China has helped researchers…
Forensic anthropological analysis performed on Baroque-period marble sculpture: Next steps in decoding the artistic process
How did Baroque period artists/sculptors go about their craft? For the first time, researchers have performed a forensic anthropological analysis of a marble skull carved by Gian Lorenzo Bernini. The…
Fossils of Herd of 11 Dinosaurs Found in Italy
A site in northern Italy has been churning out dinosaur discoveries for the past 25 years. Researchers have now discovered the biggest and most complete dinosaur skeleton ever found in…
New Dinosaur Species Discovered in US State of Missouri
A group of scientists discovered the bones of a dinosaur in the US state of Missouri recently. They claim it’s a new species never found before in the country. The…
10 Amazing Things You Never Knew About Dinosaurs
Photo: Lina-photo (Shutterstock) Not all dinosaurs have fearsome names. Take the Pantydraco. Fossils of this stupid dinosaur were discovered in Wales in 2003. These wee jerks were only three meters…
Meet Three Cat-Sized Mammals That Survived After Dinosaurs Died
Palaeontologists have found fossilised teeth and jaws of three hitherto unrecognised mammals — Conacodon hettingeri, Miniconus jeanninae, Beornus honeyi — in the Great Divide Basin of Wyoming. The fossils suggest…
How ancient proteins are untangling humanity’s family tree
We can’t extract DNA from some of the most perplexing ancient human fossils. But ancient proteins sometimes survive better, and they are finally starting to give up their secrets Life…
Fossil cells with ‘tails’ may have been moving 3.4 billion years ago
By Michael Marshall A transmission electron micrograph of a modern bacterium, Helicobacter pylori. This section shows a spherical body and several flagellaBIOMEDICAL IMAGING UNIT, SOUTHAM Some of the earliest microorganisms…