@WFS,World Fossil Society, Athira, Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev Paleobotanist Mario Coiro of the Institute of Paleontology at the University of Vienna and colleagues at the University of Montpellier (France) have made an important breakthrough in understanding the origin and geographic distribution of cycads. By combining genetic data with leaf morphological data from both fossil […]
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WFS News: Origin and geographic evolution of cycads clarified
June 13th, 2023 
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No Comments »WFS News: kangaroo fossil reveals origin of marsupial hop
February 6th, 2019 Riffin @WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev Artistic reconstruction showing the balbarid kangaroo relative Nambaroo gillespieae (top left) ( Peter […]
Posted in Featured Post Tags: kangaroo fossil, marsupial hop, Origin, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, WFS, WFS NEWS, world fossil society No Comments »Plate tectonics may have been active on Earth since its origin
October 5th, 2018 Riffin A new study suggests that plate tectonics — a scientific theory that divides Earth into large chunks of crust that move slowly over hot viscous mantle rock — could have been active from the planet’s very beginning. The new findings defy previous beliefs that tectonic plates were developed over the course of billions of years. […]
Posted in Featured Post Tags: active, Earth, helium, neon, Origin, plate, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, tectonics, WFS, WorldFossilSociety, year No Comments »Scientists solve the mystery behind the origin of skeletons!!!
August 2nd, 2018 Riffin Scientists have used powerful X-rays to peer inside the skeletons of some of our oldest vertebrate relatives, solving a 160-year-old mystery about the origin of our skeletons.
Posted in Featured Post Tags: mystery, Origin, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, Scientists, skeletons, vertibra, vertibrates, WFS, WorldFossilSociety, x-rays No Comments »WFS News: Origin of unique respiratory system of birds and dinosaurs
January 4th, 2018 Riffin @WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev “The respiratory organs of vertebrates exhibit a tremendous degree of diversity, but the lung-air sac system of birds is truly unique among extant species,” says Dr. Markus Lambertz from the Institute for Zoology at the University of Bonn in Germany. Air sacs are bellows-like protrusions of the lung, […]
Posted in General Tags: birds, dinosaurs, Origin, respiratory system, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, unique, WFS, WFS NEWS, world fossil society No Comments »New fossil find pinpoints the origin of jaws in vertebrates
June 18th, 2014 Riffin Source: University of Cambridge A major fossil discovery in Canada sheds new light on the development of the earliest vertebrates, including the origin of jaws, the first time this feature has been seen so early in the fossil record. A key piece in the puzzle of the evolution of vertebrates has been identified, after the […]
Posted in Featured Post Tags: Jaws, Metaspriggina, Origin, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, VertibratesWFS, world fossil society No Comments »
