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Oldest buckthorn fossilized flowers found in Argentina
Around 66 million years ago, at the end of the Cretaceous period, a giant asteroid crashed into the present-day Gulf of Mexico, leading to the extinction of the non-avian dinosaurs. How plants were affected is less understood, but fossil records … Continue reading
Oldest evidence of life on land found in 3.48 billion-year-old Australian rocks
Fossils discovered in ancient hot spring deposits in the Pilbara have pushed back by 580 million years the earliest known evidence for microbial life on land. Paleontology News — ScienceDaily
New light shed on ‘world’s oldest animal fossils’
Ancient fossils, thought to be some of the world’s earliest examples of animal remains, could in fact belong to other groups such as algae, scientists suggest. Paleontology News — ScienceDaily
Oldest orchid fossil on record identified
A newly published study documents evidence of an orchid fossil trapped in Baltic amber that dates back some 45 million years to 55 million years ago, shattering the previous record for an orchid fossil found in Dominican amber some 20-30 … Continue reading
Oldest plant-like fossils discovered are 1.6 billion years old
X-ray tomographic picture (false colors) of fossil thread-like red algae. Credit: Stefan Bengtson Scientists at the Swedish Museum of Natural History have found fossils of 1.6 billion-year-old probable red algae. The spectacular finds, publishing on 14 March in the open … Continue reading
400,000-year-old fossil human cranium is oldest ever found in Portugal
Researchers have found the oldest fossil human cranium in Portugal, marking an important contribution to knowledge of human evolution during the middle Pleistocene in Europe and to the origin of the Neanderthals. Paleontology News — ScienceDaily
World’s oldest plant-like fossils show multicellular life appeared earlier than thought
Scientists have found fossils of 1.6 billion-year-old probable red algae. The spectacular finds indicate that advanced multicellular life evolved much earlier than previously thought. Paleontology News — ScienceDaily
Newfound 3.77-billion-year-old: World’s Oldest Fossils Uncovered in Canada
Rounded-shaped laminated iron-carbonate (orange) with white chert and black oxide and silicate layers in the Nuvvuagittuq Supracrustal Belt, Québec, Canada. This outcrop may have been part of a hydrothermal vent structure. Credit: D.Papineau Remains of microorganisms at least 3,770 million … Continue reading
World’s oldest fossils unearthed
Remains of microorganisms at least 3,770 million years old have been discovered, providing direct evidence of one of the oldest life forms on Earth. Paleontology News — ScienceDaily
The oldest fossilized big penguin
Scientists have discovered what they assume could possibly be the earliest stays of a penguin ever discovered. Together with colleagues from New Zealand, Senckenberg scientist Dr. Gerald Mayr described a lately found fossil of an enormous penguin with a physique … Continue reading