Paleontology
160 million years later: This rare fossil is overturning everything we knew about how birds evolved
Research on the Anchiornis specimen reveals hidden feather structures that contradict old theories on dinosaur flight. Scientists are now re-evaluating how and when animals first took to the skies.
'Medusa,' possible 'dinosaur mummy' discovered in Badlands, transferred for further research
Scientists discover RNA molecules from a mammoth that went extinct 40,000 years ago
Megalodon shark may have reached 80 feet, new study finds
Modest insect-munching Madagascar reptile was forerunner to dinosaurs
"Evolution of gigantism from tiny ancestors is not uncommon in the fossil record."
The culinary mystery behind shaped stone balls in Paleolithic Israel
The Qesem Cave was inhabited between 400,000 and 200,000 years ago.
Ancient fish had fingers, bridged the gap between aquatic and land animals
The study found that the first evolutionary pattern for the first version of a human hand appeared in fish before they left the water
Was a prehistoric ‘Magen David Adom’ fixing legs 35,000 years ago?
Study on a child's fractured bones finds that individuals must have taken care of the injury, allowing the child not only to survive but even to recover from the fracture.
A children's book to encourage young women to take an interest in science
Prof. Cwikel publishes "Mayufa and the Bone Lady", a children's book in English, Arabic and Hebrew on paleontology. The book encourages girls to engage into science.
Planet's oldest fossilized forest uncovered in abandoned New York quarry
The expert's findings depict a time when the planet went from having no forests, transforming into a landscape covered in trees.
