The discovery of polystrate fossils has sparked debate over their implications for the biblical flood narrative.

Fans want him to make their bed rock — thanks to his rock-hard abs and his rock-solid knowledge. Meet Fossil Daddy — a 36-year-old, queer paleontologist from Massachusetts who is using his platform to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A 280 million-year-old fossil thought to be a well-preserved specimen of an ancient reptile is largely a forgery, according to new ...

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Stored in an open-air warehouse in tropical Darwin, Australia, are dozens of trays containing cylindrical cores of rock.

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The “world’s oldest octopus” was actually a 300-million-year-old fossil impostor hiding its secret in tiny teeth.

(CNN) — A 280 million-year-old fossil thought to be a well-preserved specimen of an ancient reptile is largely a forgery, according to new research. The fossil, initially discovered in the Italian ...

(CNN) — A 280 million-year-old fossil thought to be a well-preserved specimen of an ancient reptile is largely a forgery, according to new research. The fossil, initially discovered in the Italian ...

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