Tag: "fossils"
Hand and foot fossils found in Kenya for ancient human relative
World 11:47 18/10/2025Researchers have unearthed near Lake Turkana in northern Kenya fossils of hand and foot bones belonging to an extinct human relative dating to 1.52 million years ago, revealing that this species would have been able to grasp and manipulate objects such as stone tools and was fully bipedal.
Fossils tell story of baby flying reptiles doomed by tropical storms
World 15:18 21/09/2025A tropical storm was brewing over a chain of islands on the edge of the vast Tethys Ocean - the ancient predecessor to the Indian Ocean and Mediterranean Sea - one day roughly 150 million years ago, and a baby pterosaur was caught in the powerful winds.
'Strangest' dinosaur covered in spiked armoury: scientists
World 10:44 29/08/2025A dinosaur dubbed one of the "strangest" ever boasted an elaborate armoury of long bony spikes and a tail weapon, according to findings published in the science journal Nature.
