New Mexico geologist and author Magdalena Sandoval Donahue discusses the interesting geology of the Santa Fe National Forest ...

In 2024 an international team announced the discovery of cave paintings in Sulawesi from at least 51,200 years ago, predating European cave art by over 10,000 years.

Dinosaur feathers found trapped in Burmese amber have shed new light on the evolution of flight feathers, an essential step that allowed early birds to surpass their dinosaur relatives in ...

Feathers, essential for thermoregulation, flight, and communication in birds, originate from simple appendages known as proto-feathers, which were present in certain dinosaurs.By studying ...

From feathered dinosaurs to unexpected predators, ... Mammoths, bison and rhinoceroses depicted in prehistoric cave art kept hidden in France. Rare Titanoboa Sightings Caught On Camera In 2024.

Dinosaurs of all shapes and sizes sported feathers. Illustration by Emily Lankiewicz / Full Credit at Bottom of Article. The more paleontologists dig, the more feathered dinosaurs they find.

More than 50,000 years ago, humans painted a hunting scene in a cave in Indonesia that archaeologists say represents the oldest known example of storytelling in art history.

The paleontologists studied a 125 million-year-old dinosaur feather from China, and unlike the first team, found lots of beta keratins, just like modern birds.

Dinosaurs may have had feathers – but it’s not for the reason you’d think Isobel Williams. Published January 25, 2024 4:00pm Updated January 25, 2024 5:12pm Share this with. Comments ...

Dinosaur fossils with feather-like structures were first identified in the 1990s. The specimen called Caudipteryx zoui was first described in 1998 and was one of the first known dinosaurs to sport ...

Pennaceous feathers, which are the stiff, non-downy feathers with a central quill, are seen in fossils of some dinosaurs such as Caudipteryx, which lived about 124 million years ago.

Many feathered dinosaurs couldn’t fly — at least, not like birds do today. But the reptiles’ feathers may have been more birdlike than scientists thought. Yet fossilization can change ...