Tag Archives: Remains

The first dinosaur feather ever found is still contradictory

Famous fossil feathers. Image: Museum for Naturekunde Fossil feathers found in Germany 159 years ago have returned to the paleontological spotlight, with new research revealing that feathers came like birds. ArcheologyToo much for the ambiguity of dissenting scientists. When out of context, loneliness Feather remains Presents severe headaches for paleontologists. …

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The big boom of dinosaur teeth Spinsaurus was actually a river monster

The discovery of more than a thousand fossil teeth in prehistoric river beds is eating away at our current definition of dinosaurs. Today, paleontologists generally consider this extinct group of reptiles to be simply land-based, but an enormous species will simply not survive. Species, Spinosaurus aegyptiacus, With its huge fin-like …

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Can plant leaves help us find buried human remains?

You would think that a plant scientist would go home to a farm, but Neil Stewart used to work with potatoes, not human cadres. Influenced by environmental pollutants, Stuart was on a tour at the University of Tennessee’s ‘Body Farm’ – formally known as the Anthropology Research Facility – where …

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