New reconstruction of DAN5 cranium (Gona, Ethiopia) supports complex emergence of Homo erectus
Kimbel, W. H., Johanson, D. C. & Rak, Y. Systematic assessment of a maxilla of Homo from Hadar,…
Dated gene duplications elucidate the evolutionary assembly of eukaryotes
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Early Oldowan technology thrived during Pliocene environmental change in the Turkana Basin, Kenya
Laland, K. N. & O’Brien, M. J. Niche construction theory and archaeology. J. Archaeol. Method Th. 1, 20…
‘Teenage T. rex’ fossil is actually a different species
This artistic interpretation shows a pack of Nanotyrannus attacking a juvenile Tyrannosaurus rex (front left).Credit: Anthony Hutchings A…
A Carnian theropod with unexpectedly derived features during the first dinosaur radiation
Nesbitt, S. J. et al. Ecologically distinct dinosaurian sister group shows early diversification of Ornithodira. Nature 464, 95–98…
palaeontologist who showed that dinosaurs still walk among us — as birds
Credit: Katja Heinemann/Aurora/Cavan/Alamy Mark Norell, whose discoveries helped to demonstrate that birds are living dinosaurs, has died aged…
Million-year-old skull reconstruction hints at a new chapter in human evolution
Scientists have reconstructed a million-year-old skull found in central China, and say they’ve identified which group of early…
Convergent evolution of diverse jaw joints in mammaliamorphs
Crompton, A. The cranial morphology of a new genus and species of ictidosauran. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 130,…
A domed pachycephalosaur from the early Cretaceous of Mongolia
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Dinosaur egg dated directly for the first time
Numerous dinosaur eggs have been found in Shiyan, China, but their age has been unknown until now.Credit: Dr.…
The oldest known lepidosaur and origins of lepidosaur feeding adaptations
Uetz, P. et al. The Reptile Database (accessed 29 January 2024); http://www.reptile-database.org. Evans, S. E. & Borsuk-Białynicka, M.…
New discoveries of Australopithecus and Homo from Ledi-Geraru, Ethiopia
Villmoare, B. et al. Early Homo at 2.8 Ma from Ledi-Geraru, Afar, Ethiopia. Science 347, 1352–1355 (2015). ADS …