A revolutionary study from the University of Liverpool has upended fundamental assumptions about the fossilization process, potentially transforming how scientists approach the study of ancient life.

Valentina Rossi received funding from The Palaeontological Association (UK) and The Paleontological Society (USA). She is currently receiving funding from the European Research Council ...

This week’s WoW is a beautiful example of how the natural processes of fossilization and diagenesis* can sometimes create breathtakingly unique and intricate pattern formations. This fossil is a ...

A team of researchers has discovered the cranium of a fossil ape from Shuitangba, a Miocene site in Yunnan Province, China. The juvenile cranium of the fossil ape Lufengpithecus is significant, ...

For many years, it was widely believed that fossils no longer contained their original organic molecules as the fossilisation process was thought to destroy them. However, a groundbreaking study, led ...

In 2006, a team of Spanish and American researchers found the fossil remains of a whale, 4.5 million years old, in Bonares, Huelva. Now they have published, for the first time, the results of the ...

A new study from the University of Liverpool has rewritten how we understand the fossilization process It was long believed that the fossilization process destroys all organic material But new ...

Tridentinosaurus antiquus, a fossil discovered in the Italian alps — now believed to be, at least in part, a forgery (Dr. Valentina Rossi) (CN) — A 280-million-year-old fossil which puzzled scientists ...

Fossil wood serves as a vital archive for understanding Earth’s past terrestrial ecosystems. The structural features preserved in fossil wood, such as growth rings and cellular arrangements, offer ...