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New fossil ape discovered in India

September 9, 2020
A 13-million-year-old fossil unearthed in northern India comes from a newly discovered ape, the earliest known ancestor of the modern-day gibbon. The discovery by Christopher C. Gilbert, Hunter College, fills...

Advantage flat angel shark

August 7, 2020
The general picture of a shark is that of a fast and large ocean predator. Some species, however, question this image - for example angel sharks. They have adapted to...

Dinosaurs may have evolved from a ‘tiny bug slayer’

July 10, 2020
New study suggests a miniaturised origin for some of the largest animals ever to live on Earth. Dinosaurs and flying pterosaurs may be known for their remarkable size, but a...

Extinct Oligocene dolphins were apex predators

July 9, 2020
A report in the journal Current Biology, offers a detailed description of the first nearly complete skeleton of an extinct large dolphin, discovered in what is now South Carolina. The...

Human rights in biomedicine: action plan 2020-2025

June 25, 2020
On 24 June 2020, in Strasbourg, the Bioethics Committee launched its new action plan on human rights and biomedical technologies. Governance of technologies, equity in health care and physical and...

Game Theory: Bone Wars

September 23, 2019
Games have never been more popular and in their column Dr Louise Robinson and Dr Ian Turner, take us through Bone Wars: The Game of Ruthless Palaeontology to find out...

Oldest stegosaur found in Morocco

August 21, 2019
Remains of the oldest stegosaur, dating to the Middle Jurassic period, have been found in Morocco.

Croc teeth suggest plant diet

July 2, 2019
Differences in fossilised crocodile teeth suggest multiple ancient forms of crocodile were herbivores.

Cthulhu’ fossil suggests monstrous sea cucumber precursor

April 11, 2019
A newly discovered fossil has given insights into a monstrous relative of the sea cucumber. University of Oxford researchers created a computer-generated reconstruction of the 430 million year-old, 3cm-wide fossil...

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