Skeleton shows Mixodectes pungens lived in trees and primarily ate leaves during the Paleocene epoch, highlighting its unique ...

Mixodectes pungens, a species of small mammal that inhabited western North America in the early Paleocene, was a mystery ...

The fossil, which includes parts like the skull ... Mixodectes occupied a unique ecological niche in the Paleocene, the epoch following the mass extinction of the dinosaurs. Its larger body size and ...

The study was co-authored by Professor Rolf Quam and graduate student Brian Keeling. The team analyzed fossils that point to a serious Neanderthal population dip around 110,000 years ago. The ...

Kimmeridge Bay is a notable hunting ground for geologists, due to its diverse array of Jurassic epoch fossils. It was an industrial centre for salt production and shale extraction during the Roman ...

The face of an Iron Age woman has been recreated after her skeleton was discovered in a cliff fall 2,000 years later. Archaeology student Amber Manning has used modern technology to reconstruct ...

Across the street from the Dinosaur Discovery Site museum, the dig crew has already begun to open a new fossil quarry. So far, they have discovered a fish fossil and several fossil tracks ...

Known as “living fossils,” these creatures have barely changed over millions of years and continue to prove just how tough they are. Their ability to survive and adapt is nothing short of amazing.

Founded in 2019 in London, Epoch Biodesign is now a 30+ strong multidisciplinary team of chemists, biologists, and software engineers. The startup will use the new funding to scale up production ...

Their mission? To find fossils of ancient plants and reptiles that thrived in the Paleocene epoch—the period right after the dinosaurs went extinct, about 60 million years ago. Source ...

From left to right: Paleontologist Alex Hastings holds up a fossil of a giant beaver's head ... Hastings said the name — Epoch Beaver — also has deeper meaning. “It’s spelled E, P, O ...