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Australia's fossil past - Australia's Culture PortalRiversleigh, north-west Queensland, one of the most important fossil sites in the world. The Riversleigh fossil site, near Mount Isa Queensland, is recognised as one of the most important fossil sites in the world. The Riversleigh and Narracoote (SA) fo...
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Palaeontology - Research - What are Trilobites? (website Australian Museum Online )Redlichia amadeana Ípik, 1970, Middle Cambrian, NT. Redlichia chinensis Walcott, 1905 [Ípik, 1970], Middle Cambrian, QLD, NT. Redlichia creta Ípik, 1970, Middle Cambrian, QLD....
Palorchestes: A tale of misidentification The 'Hole in the head' skull Australian Museum Palaeontology Website http://www.amonline.net.au/palaeontology/ ...
Remains of nuts nibbled by ancient rats is among new evidence that settles a debate over whether Maori people were New Zealand's first inhabitants, say researchers. The world's oldest mother and her baby have been found fossilised in north-western Austral...
Scientists have found the oldest fossilised tracks of a tiny legged animal, providing further evidence that complex creatures existed on earth 570 million years ago. The discovery of air sacs in a new 10-metre-long, meat-eating dinosaur may seal the conne...
The arched necks of dinosaur fossils may really be the signs of their death throes and not the result of drying dead tendons, as palaeontologists have long assumed. Fossilised foot marks left by a dinosaur on a lake bed in northern Spain provide strong ev...
Remains of nuts nibbled by ancient rats is among new evidence that settles a debate over whether Maori people were New Zealand's first inhabitants, say researchers. The world's oldest mother and her baby have been found fossilised in north-western Austral...
Fossil hunters have discovered a new species of duck-billed dinosaur with an unusual toothy snout in a dinosaur graveyard in Utah, according to a study released today. Ancient Australian rock is telling scientists that there was oxygen in earth's atmosphe...
A toothy, nut-chomping large ape from Kenya may represent a new species that was, or was very close to being, the last common ancestor to gorillas, chimpanzees and humans. Some Neanderthals may have had fair skin and red hair, making them look like modern...
Fossil hunters have discovered a new species of duck-billed dinosaur with an unusual toothy snout in a dinosaur graveyard in Utah, according to a study released today. Ancient Australian rock is telling scientists that there was oxygen in earth's atmosphe...
Tiny skeletons found in the caves of the Pacific islands of Palau undercut the theory that similar remains found in Indonesia might be a unique new species of humans, researchers report. The hobbit is a modern human affected by iodine deficiency in the wo...
Fossil hunters say they have found the world's oldest known tree, a palm-like giant that lived some 380 million years ago. Tiny bits of protein extracted from a 68-million-year-old dinosaur bone have given scientists the first genetic evidence that the mi...
The arched necks of dinosaur fossils may really be the signs of their death throes and not the result of drying dead tendons, as palaeontologists have long assumed. Fossilised foot marks left by a dinosaur on a lake bed in northern Spain provide strong ev...
Chimpanzees scampering on a treadmill have supported the notion that our ancient ancestors began walking on two legs because it used less energy than quadrupedal knuckle-walking, scientists say. Similar diets have led to the evolution of similar snout sha...
Palaeontologists working on top a frozen Antarctic mountain have extracted a rock and ice fossil popsicle encasing the remains of a massive, previously unknown dinosaur. armadillo fossil found Scientists searching for fossils high in the Andes mountains i...
Fossilised orchid pollen on a bee preserved in amber is the first evidence that these delicate flowers existed around the time of the dinosaurs, US researchers say. Researchers working in Ethiopia have unearthed the fossils of a 10 million year old ape, a...
Fossil hunters say they have found the world's oldest known tree, a palm-like giant that lived some 380 million years ago. Tiny bits of protein extracted from a 68-million-year-old dinosaur bone have given scientists the first genetic evidence that the mi...
Tiny skeletons found in the caves of the Pacific islands of Palau undercut the theory that similar remains found in Indonesia might be a unique new species of humans, researchers report. The hobbit is a modern human affected by iodine deficiency in the wo...
Chimpanzees scampering on a treadmill have supported the notion that our ancient ancestors began walking on two legs because it used less energy than quadrupedal knuckle-walking, scientists say. Similar diets have led to the evolution of similar snout sha...
A toothy, nut-chomping large ape from Kenya may represent a new species that was, or was very close to being, the last common ancestor to gorillas, chimpanzees and humans. Some Neanderthals may have had fair skin and red hair, making them look like modern...
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