Palaeontology News
Researchers link penguin evolution to island formation
DNA from prehistoric penguin bones analysed by University of Adelaide scientists, have contributed to new findings about the evolution of these aquatic flightless birds.
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Plant fossils show the Snowy Mountains were once a lush rainforest
Lilly Pilly fossils found in old gold mines of the Snowy Mountains, prove the region was once a lush rainforest without snow.
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Giant handaxes suggest that different groups of early humans coexisted in ancient Europe
Even our earliest human ancestors made and used technology - something we can look back on thanks to the lasting nature of stone tools.
