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Fossil of oldest known modern bird uncovered in Antarctica: Report

A 68-million-year-old Antarctic fossil revealed the oldest known modern bird, Vegavis iaai, a duck-sized diver with traits linking it to today’s waterfowl.

A fossil found in Antarctica revealed Vegavis iaai as the oldest known modern bird.(Representational image/Pixabay)

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Published on Feb 11, 2025 03:49 PM IST

ByMahipal Singh Chouhan

Lucy in Europe: See fossil exhibit of 3.18 million year old human in Prague

3.18-million-year-old grandmother: Lucy’s bones leave Ethiopia for a historic first-ever European display; Prague museum lands the ultimate fossil exhibit.

The hyperrealistic artistic reconstruction of the female Austrolopithecus afarensis (Lucy), based on finds from Hadar, Ethiopia, in the National Museum of Prague in Prague, is pictured.(Photo by Michal Cizek / AFP)

lifestyle

Updated on Feb 05, 2025 01:22 PM IST

AFP | | Posted by Zarafshan Shiraz

Former Fossils member Chandramouli Biswas dies by suicide at 48

Golok lead vocalist Mohul Chakraborty found Chandramouli Biswas' body. He then alerted locals and the police.

Chandramouli Biswas is survived by his parents.

entertainment

Updated on Jan 13, 2025 12:55 PM IST

ByHT Entertainment Desk | Edited by Ananya Das

How can I become a palaeontologist? 5 tips from a professional fossil hunter

science

Published on Jul 30, 2024 10:13 AM IST

PTI |

Gnatalie is the only green-boned dinosaur found on the planet. She will be on display in LA

science

Updated on Jul 14, 2024 07:33 PM IST

AP |

35-million-year-old rare cetacean fossils discovered in Meghalaya

The fossil discovery in Meghalaya's South Garo Hills has piqued global interest. However, there are growing concerns about preserving these ancient relics

Fossilised jawbone in South Garo Hills(Geological Survey of India- North East Region)

india news

Published on May 12, 2024 12:11 AM IST

ByDavid Laitphlang

Fossils found in Gujarat's Kutch may belong to largest snake ‘Vasuki’: Study

Vertebrae measurements indicate Vasuki Indicus likely had a broad, cylindrical body, inferred from lengths of 38-62mm and widths of 62-111mm.

The fossils were dated back to the Middle Eocene period, approximately 47 million years ago.(Source: Scientific Reports)

science

Published on Apr 19, 2024 03:45 PM IST

ByHT News Desk

Flowers may be more ancient than dinosaurs, say scientists

The timing of flowers’ evolution is still a matter of debate between scientists, but most scientists are in one of two camps: Jurassic or Cretaceous.

science

Published on Apr 13, 2024 05:05 PM IST

PTI |

Jharkhand to protect fossil rock in Dumka district to attract tourists

The fossil rock containing many animals and birds such as squirrels, hoofs of deer, fish, primitive man, etc has been brought to Jharkhand Tourism dept's notice

lifestyle

Published on Oct 28, 2023 06:42 PM IST

PTI | | Posted by Zarafshan Shiraz, Dumka

DNA traces found in fossil of six million-year-old sea turtle

The turtle would have been about a foot (30 cm) long when alive, and its DNA is closely related to today's Kemp's ridley and olive ridley turtles.

The turtle is from the same genus - Lepidochelys - as two of the world's seven living species of sea turtles - the Kemp's ridley, the world's smallest sea turtle, and the olive ridley. (Representational Image: Pixabay/Pexels)

science

Published on Sep 29, 2023 05:08 PM IST

Reuters | | Posted by Lingamgunta Nirmitha Rao

Geologist finds marine fossils at icy heights in Ladakh

Ritesh Arya, founder of the Tethys Fossil Museum, says that he made the discovery while conducting groundwater exploration in the rugged terrains of Burtse in eastern Ladakh

These well-preserved fossils, which indicate a thriving marine environment at the time of deposition, are likely the first reported findings from this formation, a statement about the findings by the geologist said (HT Photo)

cities

Updated on Aug 30, 2023 12:42 AM IST

ByAshiq Hussain, Srinagar

Ancient whale in the Peruvian desert likely to be heaviest animal ever

Each vertebra weighs over 220 pounds (100 kilograms) and its ribs measure nearly 5 feet (1.4 meters) long.

Perucetus colossus, an early whale from Peru that lived about 38-40 million years ago.(via REUTERS)

world news

Published on Aug 02, 2023 09:29 PM IST

AP |

Human ancestors butchered and ate each other, study reveals

As per the study, a 1.45-million-year-old hominin bone had cuts similar to butchery marks that have been found on animal bones from around the same time.

While the marks looked nothing like animal bites, they did resemble those that had been made by stone tools. (File)

environment

Published on Jun 27, 2023 11:09 PM IST

BySanskriti Falor

Rare fossil ‘left-over impression of fallen beehive’

It has now emerged that the rare fossil isn’t really the extinct remains of the primitive animal that inhabited seabeds , but a left-over impression of a fallen beehive

Officials said that the fossil also had traces of honey and wax. (HT)

india news

Updated on Jun 17, 2023 12:00 AM IST

BySoumya Pillai, New Delhi

Fossils of 3 giant sea reptiles - weighed up to 80 tons - found in Swiss Alps

The specimens in question, dated to 205 million years ago in the study, were unearthed between 1976 and 1990 during geological surveys, but were only recently analyzed in detail.

science

Published on Apr 28, 2022 03:16 PM IST

AFP |

36-million-year-old whale fossil found in Peruvian desert

This is an extraordinary find because of its great state of preservation. This animal was one of the largest predators of its time.

The fossil was found at the end of 2021 in the Ocucaje Desert - the desolate landscape was a shallow sea millions of years ago. AFP

science

Published on Mar 18, 2022 08:08 AM IST

AFP |

Fossils found in China show new species of extinct giant rhino that roamed Asia

The fossils including a skull and two vertebrae were found in the reddish-brown sandstone of the Linxia basin.

Paraceratherium linxiaense giant rhinos in the Linxia Basin during the Oligocene.(VIA REUTERS)

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Published on Jun 19, 2021 11:59 AM IST

Reuters | , Beijing

Florida divers discover rare mammoth fossil dating back to Ice Age. See pics

From asking for more details about the find, to being amazed at the gigantic mammoth foot, people showed much excitement about the discovery.

The images shows Henry Sadler and Derek Demeter holding the mammoth fossil.(Instagram/@derekthediscoverer/@thinkseek)

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Published on May 06, 2021 11:04 AM IST

BySrimoyee Chowdhury

300 million-year-old ‘Godzilla Shark’ with dragon-like jawline gets new name

The formal naming announcement followed seven years of excavation, preservation and study. The 12 rows of teeth on the shark's lower jaw, for example, were still obscured by layers of sediment after excavation.

In this undated photo provided by John-Paul Hodnett are a row of teeth on the lower jaw of a 300-million-year-old shark species named this week following a nearly complete skeleton of the species in 2013 in New Mexico. Discoverer Hodnett says it was the short, squat teeth that first alerted him to the possibility that the specimen initially dubbed

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Published on Apr 19, 2021 11:00 AM IST

PTI |

Six-year-old stumbles upon fossil from million of years ago in garden in England

Indian-origin boy finds millions of years old fossil in UK garden

Singh believes the fossil's markings mean it is most likely a Rugosa coral and that the period that they existed from was between 500 and 251 million years ago, the Paleozoic Era.(PTI)

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Published on Mar 28, 2021 08:17 PM IST

PTI |

Million-year-old Siberian mammoth teeth yield oldest DNA ever recovered

The researchers said they had recovered and sequenced DNA from the remains of three individual mammoths.

An artist's reconstruction shows the extinct steppe mammoth, an evolutionary predecessor to the woolly mammoth that flourished during the last Ice Age.(via REUTERS)

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Published on Feb 18, 2021 03:29 PM IST

Reuters |

Study explores which microfossils sign 'early life'

A new study could help settle arguments over which microfossils are signs of early life and which are not.

Fossilized spheres and filaments--two common bacterial shapes--made of organic carbon (typically associated with life) can form abiotically (in the absence of living organisms) and might even be easier to preserve than bacteria.(ANI)

science

Published on Jan 30, 2021 06:06 PM IST

ANI |

Researchers in Thailand unearth rare whale skeleton believed to be around 5,000 years old

The 12.5-metre (41 ft) long skeleton was found by a cyclist, who spotted part of a vertebrae coming out of the ground.

The image shows a whale skeleton.(REUTERS)

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Published on Dec 04, 2020 11:33 PM IST

Samut Sakhon | ByReuters | Posted By: Trisha Sengupta

Millipede from Scotland is world’s oldest-known land animal

Researchers said the fossil of the Silurian Period creature, called Kampecaris obanensis and unearthed on the island of Kerrera in the Scottish Inner Hebrides, inhabited a lakeside environment and likely ate decomposing plants.

A fossil of a 425 million-year-old millipede called Kampecaris obanensis and unearthed in Scotland.(REUTERS)

science

Updated on May 31, 2020 01:39 PM IST

Edinburgh | ByReuters | Posted by: Shankhyaneel Sarkar

Discovery of marine fossils suggests Jaisalmer desert was a sea 47 million years ago

A number of fossils of vertebrates such as whales, shark teeth, crocodilian teeth and bones of turtles from the middle Eocene Age were unearthed from Bandah village in Jaisalmer

The Akal Wood Fossil Park, 18km from Jaisalmer. Experts said the presence of the marine fossils of the Middle Eocene period indicates that about 47 million years ago, there was a sea in the Jaisalmer area.(HT)

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Updated on Jul 13, 2018 06:14 PM IST

Jaipur | ByPress Trust of India

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Latest from fossils

A 68-million-year-old Antarctic fossil revealed the oldest known modern bird, Vegavis iaai, a duck-sized diver with traits linking it to today’s waterfowl.

3.18-million-year-old grandmother: Lucy’s bones leave Ethiopia for a historic first-ever European display; Prague museum lands the ultimate fossil exhibit.

Golok lead vocalist Mohul Chakraborty found Chandramouli Biswas' body. He then alerted locals and the police.

How can I become a palaeontologist? 5 tips from a professional fossil hunter

Gnatalie is the only green-boned dinosaur found on the planet. She will be on display in LA

The fossil discovery in Meghalaya's South Garo Hills has piqued global interest. However, there are growing concerns about preserving these ancient relics

Vertebrae measurements indicate Vasuki Indicus likely had a broad, cylindrical body, inferred from lengths of 38-62mm and widths of 62-111mm.

The timing of flowers’ evolution is still a matter of debate between scientists, but most scientists are in one of two camps: Jurassic or Cretaceous.

The fossil rock containing many animals and birds such as squirrels, hoofs of deer, fish, primitive man, etc has been brought to Jharkhand Tourism dept's notice

The turtle would have been about a foot (30 cm) long when alive, and its DNA is closely related to today's Kemp's ridley and olive ridley turtles.

Ritesh Arya, founder of the Tethys Fossil Museum, says that he made the discovery while conducting groundwater exploration in the rugged terrains of Burtse in eastern Ladakh

Each vertebra weighs over 220 pounds (100 kilograms) and its ribs measure nearly 5 feet (1.4 meters) long.

As per the study, a 1.45-million-year-old hominin bone had cuts similar to butchery marks that have been found on animal bones from around the same time.

It has now emerged that the rare fossil isn’t really the extinct remains of the primitive animal that inhabited seabeds , but a left-over impression of a fallen beehive

The specimens in question, dated to 205 million years ago in the study, were unearthed between 1976 and 1990 during geological surveys, but were only recently analyzed in detail.

This is an extraordinary find because of its great state of preservation. This animal was one of the largest predators of its time.

The fossils including a skull and two vertebrae were found in the reddish-brown sandstone of the Linxia basin.

From asking for more details about the find, to being amazed at the gigantic mammoth foot, people showed much excitement about the discovery.

The formal naming announcement followed seven years of excavation, preservation and study. The 12 rows of teeth on the shark's lower jaw, for example, were still obscured by layers of sediment after excavation.

Indian-origin boy finds millions of years old fossil in UK garden

The researchers said they had recovered and sequenced DNA from the remains of three individual mammoths.

A new study could help settle arguments over which microfossils are signs of early life and which are not.

The 12.5-metre (41 ft) long skeleton was found by a cyclist, who spotted part of a vertebrae coming out of the ground.

Researchers said the fossil of the Silurian Period creature, called Kampecaris obanensis and unearthed on the island of Kerrera in the Scottish Inner Hebrides, inhabited a lakeside environment and likely ate decomposing plants.

A number of fossils of vertebrates such as whales, shark teeth, crocodilian teeth and bones of turtles from the middle Eocene Age were unearthed from Bandah village in Jaisalmer

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