Many major groups of animals that have become a mainstay in modern times first appeared during the Cambrian Explosion. However, a new study undertaken by a team of researchers claims that though the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Using 3D imaging, a study revealed evidence of prehistoric fauna from the collection of Oregon's John Day Fossil Beds National ...

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The study of paleoecology and taphonomy provides a window into past ecosystems by examining the processes that govern the decay, preservation, and ultimate fossilisation of biological materials. In ...

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The Cambrian explosion was an extraordinary phenomenon in the evolution of life on the planet that led to the emergence of many animal phyla and the diversification of species. During this period, ...

A recent discovery at Lake Turkana in Kenya has scientists thinking there may have been two ancestral human species — or hominins — coexisting together. Thanks to a patch of wet silt that was buried ...

Millions of years ago, Oregon was wild — shorebirds foraged for worms in shallow waters, massive cat-like predators hunted smaller mammals, and ancient tapirs (or rhinoceroses) roamed the land.