But new analysis of a hip bone from a Edmontosaurus revealed a patch of bone collagen, suggesting other fossils might have similar organic remnants “A DNA strand, like me, is a blueprint for building ...

“Paleontologists have studied fossilized bones for centuries, but we still don’t completely understand the fossilization process for organic soft tissues of bone, like collagen protein or blood ...

The Ediacara Biota are some of the strangest fossils ever found—soft-bodied organisms preserved in remarkable detail where ...

For many years, it was widely believed that fossils no longer contained any original organic molecules as the fossilization ...

This artist's impression shows a group of archaic humans hunting in a forest roughly 1 million years ago in China's Hubei Province. The head of the adult male individual holding a wooden spear in the ...

In a study on dinosaur feathers, researchers find that fossilization can alter trace protein composition and structure and find similarities to bird feathers. Earlier studies found that dinosaur ...

Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in zoology from the University of Reading and a master’s in wildlife documentary production from the University of Salford. Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in ...

Much of life on planet Earth today relies on oxygen to exist, but before oxygen was present on our blue planet, lifeforms likely used arsenic instead. These findings are detailed in research published ...

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