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Reconstruction the brain morphology of Homo Liujiang cranium fossil by 3-D CT

hominin fossils are the most important materials to explore human origins and evolution. Since most hominin fossils are incomplete, or filled with a heavy calcified matrix, it is difficult or often impossible to reconstruct the endocast in a real fossil without destroying it. Accordingly, traditional methods limited the study of human brain evolution. CT can explore fossils in a noninvasive way by transforming a real fossil into a virtual object, and make it possible for paleoanthropologists to extend the study of fossil specimens from the exterior to the interior. A new research, led by Wu Xiujie from Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP), Chinese Academy of Sciences, is reported in Volume 53, Issue16 of Chinese Science Bulletin.

Fossils show evolution from water to land

Scientists at Uppsala University in Sweden say newly found fossils from Latvia suggest the transformation of fish into land creatures occurred gradually.

Fossils Show Evolution From Water To Land

Scientists at Uppsala University in Sweden say newly found fossils from Latvia suggest the transformation of fish into land creatures occurred gradually.

Fossils show evolution from water to land

UPPSALA, Sweden, June 30 (UPI) -- Scientists at Uppsala University in Sweden say newly found fossils from Latvia suggest the transformation of fish into land creatures occurred gradually.

Tiny Fossils Reveal Warm Antarctic Past

Hundreds of fossils of crustacean-like animals no bigger than a pinhead have been found in Antarctica, scientists say.

Flatfish Fossils Fill in Evolutionary Missing Link

Recently rediscovered flatfish fossils have filled a puzzling gap in the story of evolution and answered a question that initially stumped even Charles Darwin Opponents of evolution have insisted that adult flatfishes, which have both eyes on one side of the head, could not have evolved gradually. A slightly asymmetrical skull offers no advantage. No such fish--fossil or living--had ever been discovered, until now.

New Fossils Of Extremely Primitive 4-Legged Creatures Close The Gap Between Fish And Land Animals

New exquisitely preserved fossils from Latvia cast light on a key event in our own evolutionary history, when our ancestors left the water and ventured onto land. Swedish researcher Per Ahlberg from Uppsala University and colleagues have reconstructed parts of the animal and explain the transformation in the new issue of Nature.

Canal fossils give clue to formation of Americas (Reuters)

have unearthed hundreds of animal fossils dating back 20 million years, which could shed more light on how and when the American continent became connected.

Fish fossils plug hole in evolutionary theory

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Some odd-looking fish fossils discovered in the bowels of several European museums may help solve a lingering question about evolutionary theory, U.S. researchers said on Wednesday.

Fish fossils plug hole in evolutionary theory

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Some odd-looking fish fossils discovered in the bowels of several European museums may help solve a lingering question about evolutionary theory, U.S. researchers said on Wednesday.

Fish fossils plug hole in evolutionary theory (Reuters)

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Some odd-looking fish fossils discovered in the bowels of several European museums may help solve a lingering question about evolutionary theory, U.S. researchers said on Wednesday.

Fish fossils plug hole in evolutionary theory

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Some odd-looking fish fossils discovered in the bowels of several European museums may help solve a lingering question about evolutionary theory, U.S. researchers said on Wednesday.

Fish fossils plug hole in evolutionary theory

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Some odd-looking fish fossils discovered in the bowels of several European museums may help solve a lingering question about evolutionary theory, U.S. researchers said on Wednesday.

Tiny fossils take Antarctic Dry Valleys?€™ origin back to 14 million years

London, July 24 : Scientists have used tiny fossils to refine the timing of the climate shift that gave rise to Antarctica’s remarkable Dry Valleys, a landscape akin to Mars, estimating it to date back to 14 million years.

Canal fossils give clue to formation of Americas

PANAMA CITY (Reuters) - Scientists in Panama have unearthed hundreds of animal fossils dating back 20 million years, which could shed more light on how and when the American continent became connected.

Flatfish fossils fill in evolutionary link

Hidden away in museums for more that 100 years, some recently rediscovered flatfish fossils have filled a puzzling gap in the story of evolution and answered a question that initially stumped even Charles Darwin.

Flatfish fossils fill evolutionary gap

Scientists have long been stumped by the unusual creatures, which have both eyes on one side of their heads. Fossils suggest how they developed.

Jurassic era fossils turning to dust in Jharkhand

Nature's treasure trove of fossils, some dating back to the Jurassic era and preserved for millions of years in Jharkhand's Sahebganj district, is being steadily eroded by rampant mining, say scientists.

Jurassic era fossils turning to dust in Jharkhand

Nature's treasure trove of fossils, some dating back to the Jurassic era and preserved for millions of years in Jharkhand's Sahebganj district, is being steadily eroded by rampant mining, say scientists.

50 mln-year-old fossils link to modern flatfish

BEIJING, July 11 (Xinhuanet) -- Fossils of fish with one eye atop its head and another on its side that is most likely an ancestor of modern flat fish -- such as sole, flounder and halibut -- were unearthed more than 200 years ago, but have just recently been brought to light.

Missing plant fossils could hold key to Earth

London, July 19 : New data has suggested that ocean temperatures could have soared as high as 41 degree C during the Eocene period 55 to 34 million years ago, evidence of which might be in missing plant fossils from that period, which holds the key to how our planet will respond to global warming in the future.

Scientist find 8 mln-year-old fossils in central Turkey

The 8 million-year-old fossils discovered in central Turkey helped Turkish anthropologists fill the gaps in history and believe that Anatolia was once an inland sea, the semi-official Anatolia news agency reported on Thursday.

Scientist find 8 mln-year-old fossils in central Turkey

ANKARA, July 31 (Xinhua) -- The 8 million-year-old fossils discovered in central Turkey helped Turkish anthropologists fill the gaps in history and believe that Anatolia was once an inland sea, the semi-official Anatolia news agency reported on Thursday.

Disproving Conventional Wisdom On Diversity Of Marine Fossils And Extinction Rates

It took a decade of painstaking study, the cooperation of hundreds of researchers, and a database of more than 200,000 fossil records, but John Alroy thinks he's disproved much of the conventional wisdom about the diversity of marine fossils and extinction rates.

Ancient marine invertebrate diversity less explosive than thought

A slab of limestone covered with fossils. This slab of limestone is about 450 million years old and is from an area in Ohio that is famous for its fossils. Credit: Steven Holland University of Georgia

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