A "stunning" and well-preserved ammonite fossil — believed to be between 100 to 105 million-years-old — has been discovered on the Isle of Wight. Fossil collector Jack Wonfor, 24, and his 12-year-old ...

Here's how the story of the Taung Child is usually told: In 1924 an Australian anthropologist and anatomist, Raymond Dart, acquired a block of calcified sediment from a limestone quarry in South ...

The Secrets of Fossil Teeth Revealed by the Synchrotron ... that were the focus of some of the most iconic early human art -- by analyzing 38 genomes harvested from bones dating across 50 ...

It’s a cabinet of curiosities, a natural history museum, and an art gallery all rolled into one eclectic ... Paxton Gate offers an impressive selection of fossils. From ammonites that swam in ancient ...

Feb. 7, 2025 — Researchers have analyzed the soft tissue from a fossilized plesiosaur for the first time. The results show that the long-necked marine reptile had both smooth and scaly skin ...