Tag: Fossil
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Fossil algae dating back 541 million years offer new insights into the plant kingdom’s roots
In the past 20 years, this geological formation has yielded important fossil species documenting the end of the Ediacaran Period 541-million-years ago.
September 24, 2022 -
Lessons from the dinosaur’s tale
This latest discovery is further confirmation of the long-held theory that the dinosaurs didn’t exactly die out; they just evolved into birds. This gets even more interesting when you realise that the embryo in question is of a theropod dinosaur, an incredibly diverse group of dinosaurs that ranged from the tiny Microraptor to the Tyrannosaurus rex itself.
January 4, 2022 -
5 million-year-old fossil of Stegodon Elephant discovered in Shivalik Range of Saharanpur
This discovery has enthused the wildlife experts and lovers and is deemed to be important for the further study of fossils in the country, particularly in the Shivalik region as it is the oldest fossil recovered from here, said Sanjay Kumar, Divisional Commissioner of Saharanpur.
June 20, 2020 -
IDC report suggests India’s wearable market booms with 3 mn units in Q2
India is the third-largest wearables market in the world after China and the US, according to the IDC's Worldwide Quarterly Wearable Device Tracker report.
September 4, 2019 -
Ten-year-old stumbles on rare 1.2 million year-old fossil
A 10-year boy has accidentally discovered a rare, mostly intact 1.2 million year-old skull of stegomastodon – a prehistoric ancestor of elephants – while hiking in the Las Cruces desert in the US. “I was running farther up and I tripped on part of the tusk,” said Jude Sparks, who had been hiking in the...
July 21, 2017 -
Fossil site shows impact of Jurassic’s low oxygen oceans
Scientists have tracked how a period of globally low ocean-oxygen turned an early Jurassic marine ecosystem into a stressed community inhabited by only a few species, a new study revealed. The study by the University of Texas – Austin is led by Rowan Martindale, an assistant professor at the University of Texas at Austin Jackson...
July 16, 2017 -
World’s oldest human species’ fossils found in Morocco
A team of international scientists has found the world's oldest human species' fossil near the southern Moroccan city of Youssoufia, the Moroccan national Institute of Sciences of Archaeology and Heritage announced in a statement on Wednesday. The institute said the remains of the Homo sapiens, which were found in a remote village called Jbel Irhoud,...
June 8, 2017 -
3.3-million-year-old fossil unravels origins of human spine
An analysis of a 3.3 million years old fossil skeleton has revealed portions of the human spinal structure that enable efficient walking motions were established much earlier than previously thought. The fossil, known as "Selam", is a nearly complete skeleton of a two-and-half-year-old child discovered in Dikika, Ethiopia, in 2000. "Continued and painstaking research on...
May 23, 2017