Jan 28 (Reuters) - Scientists have unearthed in southern China fossils of a multitude of marine creatures dating to more than ...
A treasure trove of Cambrian fossils has been discovered in southern China, providing a window on marine life shortly after ...
Every mammal, every fish, every vertebrate (creatures that have a spine) has two eyes. It’s been that way for millions and ...
Paleontologists have identified thousands of animal species that lived soon after the Cambrian explosion ended ...
The Ediacara Biota are some of the strangest fossils ever found—soft-bodied organisms preserved in remarkable detail where ...
The most famous example of such exquisitely preserved Cambrian fossils is the Burgess Shale of Canada.
The fossils offer a rare glimpse into a cataclysmic event that brought a sudden end to the greatest explosion of life in our planet's history.
Many spine-bearing creatures, or vertebrates, have a curious bit of tissue deep in their brains called the pineal gland. It ...
The exceptionally well-preserved fossils shine a light on the mass extinction that brought an end to the "Biological Big Bang." ...
Scientists discovered well-preserved marine fossils in southern China, uncovering a thriving deep-water ecosystem after a ...