A study of fossil bones from four collections has revealed that a stocky build was an evolutionary advantage for a late Permian predator. Moschorhinus kitchingi is a therocephalain — a ‘beast head’ — ...

The Jurassic Period is one of the three prehistoric geological periods of the Mesozoic Era. It spans from 145 million to 201 million years ago. This period was preceded by the Triassic Period and ...

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A study has found that a local event rather than a global shift in climate caused the mass extinction in South Africa. The earth’s own magnetic field offers a useful way to measure the age of rocks - ...