fossils
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The findings come from an analysis of 17 tyrannosaur fossils spanning a wide range of ages, from young juveniles to massive adults.
From Science Daily • Jun. 22, 2026
The new study analyzes dozens of fossils to examine the evolution between fish and tetrapods, or four-legged animals.
From Barron's • Jun. 18, 2026
The analysis indicates that millipedes may have originated nearly 460 million years ago, about 35 million years earlier than the oldest known millipede fossils and significantly earlier than previous estimates suggested.
From Science Daily • Jun. 14, 2026
"It is certainly among the most important and impressive fossils recovered to date from Aotearoa, New Zealand."
From Science Daily • Jun. 12, 2026
Like Darwin, Wallace had also embarked on a seafaring journey—to Brazil—to collect specimens and fossils and had emerged transformed.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
