New research led by University of the Witwatersrand and University of Southern California paleoanthropologists sheds more light on one of the most debated transitions in human evolution: when our ancestors stopped regularly climbing trees and committed fully to walking on two legs. A depiction of an early Homo (right) characterizedContinue Reading
Paleontologists have described a new genus and species of early monofenestratan pterosaur based on a nearly complete and well-preserved fossil skeleton discovered in Bavaria, Germany. The holotype specimen of Laueropterus vitriolus seen under natural light. Image credit: D.W.E. Hone, doi: 10.7717/peerj.21204. Pterosaurs were the first vertebrates to achieve powered flight,Continue Reading
Deep inside a limestone cave in western Cuba, paleontologists have found the most complete ichthyosaur skeleton yet found on the island. Ophthalmosaurid ichthyosaurs. Image credit: Dmitry Bogdanov / CC BY 3.0. The ichthyosaur skeleton was discovered in 2023 in a fluvial cave in El Cuajaní, within the Viñales Geopark andContinue Reading
A new genus and species of zhelestid mammal has been identified from the fossilized remains found in the Bayanshiree Formation in Mongolia’s Gobi Desert. Life reconstruction of Ravjaa ishiii (foreground), depicted on the foot of the hadrosaurid dinosaur Gobihadros. Image credit: Kohei Futaka. Named Ravjaa ishiii, the new species roamedContinue Reading
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