Accurate copies of fossilised bones can now be made from the combined use of computed tomography (CT) scans and 3D printers, according to a paper published today in the journal Radiology. The technique…
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A new study by Rebecca Pian, Mike Archer and Sue Hand, published today in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, describes the tooth of a new, giant species of extinct platypus. The fossil history of…
Bees went though a mass extinction, along with the dinosaurs and species of flowering plants, 65 million years ago. It’s…
Newly-discovered fossilised pollen grains found in Swizerland have set the evolution of flowers to 100 million years earlier…
A spectacular new “missing link” fossil has been unearthed in China. The 419 million year old armoured fish, called Entelognathus, meaning “complete jaw” solves an age-old debate in science. For palaeontologists…
The sudden appearance of a range of modern animals about half a billion years ago, during evolution’s “big bang”, has intrigued and puzzled generations of biologists from Charles Darwin onwards. A new…
The storage of ancient DNA in amber fossils, famously brought to life in the film Jurassic Park, now appears highly unlikely…
On the same day that the latest instalment of the Jurassic Park film series has been confirmed, a study published in the journal PLOS One has detailed experiments that seem to demonstrate once and for…
Fossilised soft tissues, such as skin and muscle, are exceptionally hard to come by. When you think the chances of an animal being fossilised is less than one in a million - and these usually have only…
The fossilised teeth of kangaroos and other extinct marsupials reveal southeastern Queensland three million years ago was a mosaic of tropical forests, wetlands and grasslands, and much less arid than…
A new feathered fossil, Aurornis – introduced in today’s Nature – has the potential to resolve a debate about bird evolution that’s had evolutionary biologists in a bit of a flap in recent years. The origin…
Scientists have discovered the 25 million year-old remains of monkeys and apes in the East African Rift Valley. Whilst primate…
Cornell University’s Paleontological Research Institution in conjunction with University of Cincinnati researchers have discovered…
Australia is famous for its natural beauty: the Great Barrier Reef, Uluru, Kakadu, the Kimberley. But what about the places almost no one goes? We asked ecologists, biologists and wildlife researchers…
Fossilised snail shells have revealed new clues about an abrupt climate shift that occurred nearly 34 million years ago…
Jurassic era global warming may provide a warning for marine life over the next century. Findings along the north Yorkshire…
In Australia today, the biggest tree-dwelling mammals are our iconic and much loved koala and the enigmatic Bennett’s tree-kangaroo. The largest males of both species weigh a mere 14 kg. But a study of…
New fossils described in the journal Nature this week seem to close the door on a controversy that has raged for 40 years. They also confirm that the beginnings of the human genus more than 2m years ago…
Fossil corals have been used to examine how temperature changes in the past have promoted melting of polar ice sheets, showing…
Paleontological records and records of past endangered species have been linked to learning about modern ecology and conservation…
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Senior Researcher in Vertebrate Palaeontology, University of the Witwatersrand
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Research Associate, African Centre for Coastal Palaeoscience, Nelson Mandela University
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Strategic Professor in Palaeontology, Flinders University
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Professor in Evolutionary Biology (jointly appointed with South Australian Museum), Flinders University
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Professor of Vertebrate Palaeontology, University of Bristol
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Associate Professor, Vertebrate Palaeontology Group, Flinders University
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Senior Lecturer in Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology, Life Sciences at the University of Bath, University of Bath
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Professor, Southern Cross University
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Research Assistant in Palaeontology, University of Bristol
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Research associate, Curtin University
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Honorary Research Associate, Evolutionary Studies Institute, University of the Witwatersrand
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Lecturer, University of Cape Town
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Professor, Flinders University
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Honorary Associate Professor, UNSW Sydney
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Lecturer in Palaeontology, Flinders University
