In the late 1700s, while inspecting a coal mine in southwest England, a young surveyor named William Smith noticed a surprising pattern: from one location to the next, rock layers (or "strata") were ...
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A clock running fast could explain Darwin’s fossil record gaps
Charles Darwin worried that the fossil record looked strangely abrupt, with complex animals appearing in a geological instant ...
Across China: New fossil analysis sheds light on evolutionary history of Jurassic Ginkgoalean plants
Global researchers recently made new progress in the systematics and evolutionary diversity of Mesozoic ginkgoalean plants, according to the Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology under the ...
Despite seeming like a relatively stable place, the Earth's surface has changed dramatically over the past 4.6 billion years. Mountains have been built and eroded, continents and oceans have moved ...
Researchers have discovered a previously unknown species of otter from 11.4-million-year-old strata at the Hammerschmiede fossil site. Researchers from the Universities of Tübingen and Zaragoza have ...
Learn how the fossils of ancient organisms help scientists navigate deep time — and uncover Earth’s hidden history. In the late 1700s, while inspecting a coal mine in southwest England, a young ...
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