fossils
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An international research team studying fossils from the site found evidence that Australopithecus and the earliest known members of Homo lived in the same region between about 2.6 and 2.8 million years ago.
From Science Daily • May 16, 2026
He said the researchers referred to the nagatitan as "the last titan" of Thailand, because the fossils were found in the country's youngest dinosaur-bearing rock formation.
From BBC • May 14, 2026
If proteins can survive in fossils for tens of millions of years, scientists may gain an entirely new way to study extinct animals.
From Science Daily • May 14, 2026
A team of researchers from the UK and Thailand identified the species from fossils found beside a pond in north-eastern Thailand a decade ago.
From BBC • May 14, 2026
Trucks carry off skeletons and meteorites and octopi in jars and herbarium sheets and Egyptian gold and South African ivory and Permian fossils.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
