Browsing: Paleontology

Why isn’t India doing more to protect its rare evolutionary record?

The Cambrian explosion of animal life now seems more like a whimper.

The story behind the discovery of the four-legged fish.

A 3D printout of the Plateosaurus vertebra placed next to the (mislabeled) field jacket that contains the original fossilRene Schilling et al. / Radiology In 1898, the American Museum of Natural History was presented with a golden opportunity along with a challenge almost as significant. Paleontologist Walter Granger had returned from a trip to the […]

The meaning of home in human evolution.

“Paleoscatologist” Karen Chin has uncovered the humble origin of life after dinosaurs.

Behind every famous dinosaur are unsung heroes.

When an enormous four-finned fish surfaced in a South African fisherman’s catch in 1938, scientists were fascinated by its resemblance to fossilized creatures that had died out millions of years ago. The fish, called a coelacanth, turned out to be the first descendant of those organisms ever spotted by humans. The two living species identified […]