Although the brain tissue has a consistency somewhat like jello, soft and squishy, palaeontologists discovered an intact brain in a 310 million-year-old fossil. Brain tissue is rich in fat, which means it should rot quickly; however, it did not. Russell ...
According to scientists, the dinosaur era ended with an enormous asteroid. However, what was going to happen on Earth before that period? A new study shows that asteroids repeatedly hit our planet even before the disappearance of giant creatures. As ...
Based on a current research, published at the beginning of this week, the oldest work of art ever found is a bone. It belongs to a deer and because of its curved lines, the researchers estimate it to be 51,000 ...
Scientists have found a new species of ancient beetle. They believe the insect was ingested about 230 million years ago by Silesaurus opolensis. This is the first time researchers have 3D-reconstructed an insect from fossil faces. The ancient dinosaur must have eaten ...
Back in 2004, in the Italian town of Noceto, a group of Italian archaeologists discovered what they would later name ‘Vasca Votiva’. The structure appeared to be a wooden water tank that was used for rituals during the Bronze Age. ...