A 56 million-year-old fossil bone helps explain how this (mostly) flightless family of birds spread to so many different continents.
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A new study of ancient, extinct fish known as placoderms provides another piece of the evolutionary puzzle about our deep time, aquatic ancestors.
New research on the size relationship between brains and wisdom teeth suggests that bigger brains aren’t necessarily the driving force in human evolution.
A new study sheds light on how sharks colonised the oceans and became apex predators.
Despite surviving through large climatic fluctuations in the past, future climate warming may cause a drastic decline in caribou populations.
Global cooling associated with the impact of supernova remnants may have affected plants and animals, including species related to humans.
New research overturns decades of assumptions about how – and where – our lineage began.
Dinosaur fossils are sold for millions to private collectors. These fossils are scientific evidence, and need to be accessible for research and public education.
If alive today, these tiny whales would be as iconically Australian as kangaroos.
Newly revealed fossils of four new ancient penguin species highlight how their early evolution optimised wings and feet for powerful underwater propulsion.
New research highlights the prevalence of maggots as an easily obtained, nutrient-rich supplement of ancient hominin diets.
A common scanning method used to create ‘virtual copies’ of precious fossils could be erasing some of the crucial information held within.
Researchers have extracted 2-million-year-old protein remains from Paranthropus robustus teeth to reveal biological sex and genetic variability.
Learners understood human evolution better after interactive workshops at a museum.
A fossil discovery of an ancient relative of the Australian magpie which lived in New Zealand some 19 million years ago challenges the understanding of ‘native’ species.
A newly discovered species of ancient predatory fish in Nova Scotia sheds light on how early ray-finned fish evolved new ways to feed.
Dinosaur fossils aren’t just relics of the past – they’re guides to the future.
Looking back in time could inspire the aircraft innovations of the future.
A new fossil discovery suggests that reptiles lived together 20 million years earlier than previously thought.
Not everything dies in a mass extinction. Sea life recovered in different and surprising ways after the asteroid strike 66 million years ago. Ancient fossils recorded it all.
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Strategic Professor in Palaeontology, Flinders University
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Associate professor in Vertebrate Palaeontology, University of the Witwatersrand
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Research Associate, African Centre for Coastal Palaeoscience, Nelson Mandela University
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Professor of Vertebrate Palaeontology, University of Bristol
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Professor in Evolutionary Biology (jointly appointed with South Australian Museum), Flinders University
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Associate Professor in Vertebrate Palaeontology, Flinders University
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Research Associate in the College of Science and Engineering, Flinders University
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Honorary Research Associate, Evolutionary Studies Institute, University of the Witwatersrand
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Research Associate, School of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Curtin University
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Lecturer in the School of Applied Sciences, Edinburgh Napier University
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Associate Professor in Ancient DNA, University of Otago
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Senior Lecturer in Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology, Life Sciences at the University of Bath, University of Bath
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Professor of Palaeobiology, University of Leicester
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Technical Specialist in Earth Sciences, University of Bristol
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Professor in Geochronology and Geochemistry, Southern Cross University
