This newly identified species, called Chromeornis funkyi, was discovered with a throat full of tiny stones, a discovery that has baffled paleontologists. The question remains: why would this ancient ...

Paleontologists at Chicago's Field Museum have concluded that a cluster of stones lodged in the ancient bird's throat likely ...

A fossil only tells part of the story. When an animal's body is preserved as a fossil, there are often pieces missing, and ...

A tiny prehistoric bird from the early Cretaceous has turned into one of the strangest death scenes in the fossil record, its ...

After theorizing on the fossilized bird’s cause of death, the paleontologists decided on the new species’ name: Chromeornis ...

For starters, the tiny bird had over 800 tiny stones in its throat, way above what you’d expect. Furthermore, based on their ...

Recently, Chinese scientists published their findings on the Wuli Village fossils in the Journal of Paleogeography. The study ...

Scientists conduct study in ‘home of Chinese dinosaurs’, discover that flat rocks with ‘chicken claw’ prints are from Jurassic period.

Beginning with a recently discovered 47-million-year-old primate fossil, Switek effectively and eloquently demonstrates the exponential increase in fossils that have been found since Darwin first ...

Archaeologists have uncovered primitive sharp-edged stone tools on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, adding another piece to an evolutionary puzzle involving mysterious ancient humans who lived in a ...