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…
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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…
Palaeontology has gone high-tech: no more wax and plaster-cast models. Instead, 3D data from computed tomography (CT) scans is overturning long-held views of how the earliest land animals moved. Research…
The treetops of prehistoric Australia were populated by herds of Nimbadon, sheep-sized marsupials distantly related to the…
It’s taken a century of debate, but in the past two decades we’re finally understanding where birds came from. Now, with a new study published in the journal Nature, Chinese and Canadian researchers have…
Fossilised teeth from a 200-million-year-old fish have been found to be the sharpest ever recorded. The conodont fish appeared…
A pair of fossilised eyes belonging to a 500 million-year-old marine predator have been discovered on Kangaroo Island off…
Antarctica has gone from paradise to polar ice in just a few million years – the blink of an eye in the life of the earth…
Since its discovery in August 2008, the site of Malapa in Johannesburg has yielded more than 220 bones of early hominins representing at least six individuals, including the remains of babies, juveniles…
Fossils from a new species of woolly rhinoceros found in Tibet have the potential to rock several cherished theories. According to the authors of a new paper published today in Science, the rhino showed…
A study published in Nature Geoscience yesterday reports the discovery of 3.4 billion-year-old microbial cells in ancient sandstones in Western Australia’s Pilbara region. Some headlines have suggested…
An examination of fossils found 25 years ago on Victoria’s coastline are providing paleontologists with new clues into the…
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Senior Researcher in Vertebrate Palaeontology, University of the Witwatersrand
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Strategic Professor in Palaeontology, Flinders University
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Professor of Vertebrate Palaeontology, University of Bristol
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Professor in Evolutionary Biology (jointly appointed with South Australian Museum), Flinders University
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