Scientists have spent twenty years and analyzed more than 7,500 marine fossils to answer a question that has quietly troubled ...

Some of the most striking discoveries in paleontology are not dug out of the ground but pulled off a shelf. That is what ...

The United States finalizes the Louisiana Purchase from France, adding the land from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains to its territory. Meriwether Lewis, of the legendary duo Lewis and ...

The BYU Museum of Paleontology is a hidden gem in BYU’s collection of museums. The museum, located near the LaVell Edwards Stadium, recently renovated and opened its newest exhibit to visitors this ...

How many fossils does it take to accurately train an image-based AI algorithm? According to a new study co-authored by Bruce MacFadden, UF Distinguished Professor Emeritus and retired curator of ...

When the skeletal remains of a giant ground sloth were first unearthed in 1796, the discovery marked one of the earliest paleontological finds in American history. The animal, named Megalonyx by ...

Colonialism's legacy still casts a shadow over the way paleontologists conduct their research and learn about the world. Some researchers are trying to expose and reform that pattern. Paleontologists ...

BYU's Paleontology Museum holds one of the largest fossil collections in the world. Many of the classic dinosaurs most people know about were found in Utah, according to Boisvert. (Cameron Cook) ...

Introduction : paleontology at the high table / David Sepkoski and Michael Ruse -- The emergence of paleobiology / David Sepkoski -- The fossil record : biological or geological signal? / Michael J.

The fossil vertebrate collection at the University of Colorado Museum of Natural History (UCM) was initially built by vertebrate paleontologists in the University of Colorado (CU) Department of ...

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