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Were camels originally an Arctic species?

Posted March 6, 2013 - 05:24 by Kate Taylor

Giant camels once roamed Canada's High Arctic - much further north than previously believed - and may have evolved their flat feet and humps as a result.

Intact biomolecules found in 350-million-year-old fossils

Posted February 19, 2013 - 07:08 by Emma Woollacott

Scientists have for the first time discovered complex organic molecules that have survived fossilization, in the form of 350-million-year-old sea creatures found in Ohio, Indiana and Iowa.

World's oldest dinosaur found in a drawer

Posted December 5, 2012 - 06:10 by Kate Taylor

Fossils discovered in the 1930s and kept in storage at London's Natural History Museum appear to belong to the earliest dinosaur ever found.

Darwin's fossil collection discovered by chance

Posted January 17, 2012 - 06:13 by Kate Taylor

Fossils unearthed by Charles Darwin have been discovered in a dusty old cabinet in London after being lost for 165 years.

Well-preserved fossils could be earliest human ancestor

Posted September 9, 2011 - 05:12 by Emma Woollacott

Researchers say they've discovered a 'missing link' - a hominid 1.8 million years old that may be our oldest direct human ancestor yet found.

World's oldest fossils discovered

Posted August 22, 2011 - 04:48 by Emma Woollacott

Scientists say they've found the world's oldest fossils, the remains of tiny creatures that lived 3.4 billion years ago in a pre-oxygen world.

NASA scientist finds fossils of alien life forms

Posted March 7, 2011 - 05:19 by Emma Woollacott

A NASA scientist says he's discovered alien life, in the form of microscopic fossils, embedded in meteorites.

Will renewables overtake fossils by 2030?

Posted January 24, 2011 - 12:35 by  Susan DeFreitas, EarthTechling

 Developing economies such as China, Russia, India and Brazil currently account for around 50 percent of the world's energy consumption.

Earth is 'in the middle of mass extinction'

Posted September 3, 2010 - 05:33 by Emma Woollacott

You may not have noticed, but according to an Australian academic, we're currently in the middle of a mass extinction event comparable to that which killed off the dinosaurs.