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Results of the multimodal analysis conducted on microfossils mounted on ITO glass. Optical observation, electron microscopy, and secondary ion mass spectrometry were performed on the same sample. The analysis successfully detected phosphorus and molybdenum aligned with the microfossil's membrane structure for the first time. ©Tohoku University

Unveiling ancient life: New method sheds light on early cellular and...

Robsonomyia baltica sp. nov. (NHMD-300551): (A) male (holotype No NHMD-300551a); (B) amber piece with position of male; (C) female (paratype No NHMD-300551b); (D) female (paratype No NHMD-300551c); (E) amber piece with position of females. Credit: Scientific Reports (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-59448-y

Fungus gnat entombed in a 40-million-year-old piece of amber is a...

Aaron Bufe investigates the weathering of rocks. | © C. Trepmann

Rock weathering and climate: Low-relief mountain ranges are largest carbon sinks

Grand Prismatic Spring in Yellowstone National Park, seen here from an aerial photo, provides a modern-day glimpse into the types of environments where sulfites may have accumulated and possibly played a role in kick-starting the earliest life on Earth.

Sulfur and the origin of life

Rocks made of barium sulphate (known as barite rocks) from the from the Pilbara Craton in Western Australia. Credit: Gerhard Hundertmark

High resolution techniques reveal clues in 3.5 billion-year-old biomass

Preservation of corneous β-proteins in Mesozoic feathers Photographs of fossil specimens used in this study.

Dinosaur feathers reveal traces of ancient proteins

Three-eyed distant relative of insects. Courtesy of Professor Yu Liu, Yunnan University

Three-eyed distant relative of insects and crustaceans reveals amazing detail of...

A 3D Visualisation of Eriptychius americanus.

Prehistoric fish fills 100 million year gap in evolution of the...

A gigantic, ancient crocodylomorph species that was recently discovered grew slower than other large reptiles of its day, such as dinosaurs.

Crocks’ ancestors grew old sloooowly

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Drops of seawater contain traces of an ancient world

Reconstruction of Hupehsuchus about to engulf a shoal of shrimps. Artwork by Shunyi Shu, Photo Copyright © Long Cheng, Wuhan Center of China Geological Survey.

Whale-like filter-feeding discovered in prehistoric marine reptile

The fossilized cervical vertebra and overlaying osteoderms of the new archosaur species Mambachiton fiandohana. © Nesbitt et al.

New archosaur species shows that precursor of dinosaurs and pterosaurs was...

Artistic reconstruction of Burgessomedusa by Christian McCall. © Christian McCall

Burgessomedusa phasmiformis.: Oldest known species of swimming jellyfish identified

Mesozoic mural depicting different ocean species that have evolved through time. [Credit: Smithsonian Institution]

Scientists discover 36-million-year geological cycle that drives biodiversity

Artwork by James Robins.

Flying reptiles had nurturing parental style

A new 145-million-year-old pterosaur. Credit: René Lauer

New fossil flying reptile ‘Elvis’ takes flight.

Left: Feathers from a baby bird that lived 99 million years ago, preserved in amber. Photo by Shundong Bi. Right: Illustration of what a newly hatched Enantiornithine bird may have looked like.

Fossils reveal how ancient birds molted their feathers

The fossil was found on a National Trust beach on the Isle of Wight

First side-necked turtle ever discovered in UK

Steve May, a research associate at the Jackson School of Geosciences, holds a fossil from a plesiosaur, an extinct marine reptile. Credit: Jackson School of Geosciences/ The University of Texas at Austin.

Newly discovered Jurassic fossils in Texas

An artist’s impression of the pliosaur by Megan Jacobs, University of Portsmouth

Giants of the Jurassic seas were twice the size of a...

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