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
The species name honors Chaiyaphum province, where the fossils were found.
From Science Daily • May 15, 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
Yet some fossils appear capable of preserving microscopic biological structures under specific conditions.
From Science Daily • May 14, 2026
Among the questions that attracted interest in that fanatically inquisitive age was one that had puzzled people for a very long time–namely, why ancient clamshells and other marine fossils were so often found on mountaintops.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
