Fossilisation is the process by which organic materials like plants, animals, and other life forms, are preserved in the Earth’s crust over geological time. Fossils provide snapshots of ancient life ...

A surprising discovery in the feathers of a fossil vulture from central Italy has revealed that volcanic deposits can preserve delicate tissue structures in unprecedented detail, offering new insights ...

Volcanic deposits in central Italy have remarkably preserved the delicate tissue structures of a fossil vulture, including three-dimensional feathers, challenging previous fossilization theories. This ...

In rare cases, soft tissue and even dinosaur skin has been found to survive the fossilisation process. Rapid burial of these ...

A surprising discovery in the feathers of a fossil vulture from central Italy has revealed that volcanic deposits can preserve delicate tissue structures in unprecedented detail, offering new insights ...

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 ...

These studies highlight the difficulties of working with fossils, especially using analytical methods that may not be appropriate to use on ancient tissues. The evidence for survival of fossil protein ...

15:47, Sun, Oct 1, 2023 Updated: 15:47, Sun, Oct 1, 2023 And this means that some species of feathered dinosaur would have been able to use their feathers to glide. Article continues below ...

In 1990, an ancient human skull was unearthed in Hubei province that was so badly deformed during fossilisation that it was hard to gauge its significance. A new analysis now indicates that the skull ...