A portrait of prehistoric parenthood captured deep in the fossil record has been uncovered by an international team of scientists led by University of Leicester geologist Professor David Siveter. The ‘nursery in the sea’ has revealed a species new to science — with specimens preserved incubating their eggs together with probable hatched individuals. As a […]
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New fossil species reveals parental care of young from 450 million years ago
March 15th, 2014 Riffin