Evolutionary biologists have apparently solved the mystery of the missing link between modern-day sharks and rays. Image shows the fossil of the Late Jurassic shark Protospinax annectans, undated photo. Researchers at the University of Vienna, Austria, found out that the species was very developed. (Sebastian Stumpf/Newsflash) A new study of…
A nature lover has revealed how he captured incredible footage of living fossils that date back to the Jurassic age of the dinosaurs. The rare crustaceans - known as the Triops - are tadpole-sized shrimps that are believed to have inhabited our planet for hundreds of millions of years. Triops…
Russian scientists plan to revive ancient viruses found in millennia-old fossils to better understand their evolution. Experts at the NEFU Mammoth Museum will be studied for traces of prehistoric viruses that could survive in permafrost conditions. The fossils of over 20 species of ancient animals were found in the thawed…
German archaeologists have found these remarkably well-preserved 47-million-year-old snake fossils making them not only the oldest known snake fossils on record but also offering clues which could explain how snakes lost their legs. The fossils were found in the UNESCO World Heritage Site Messel Pit located near the village of…
Turkish villagers have reportedly stumbled across the remains of an eight-million-year-old woolly mammoth in a large sand pit. The mammoth remains were at the sand pit in the village of Buyukdolluk near the north-western Turkish city of Edirne near the border with Greece. Archaeology experts from Trakya University went to…
