@WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev A 52-million-year fossil of a “perching bird” has been found in Wyoming with its feathers still attached, a discovery that “no one’s ever seen before.” Also known as passerines, the perching bird was discovered in Fossil Lake, WY. Passerines are well-known for eating seeds, as most modern-day birds do and […]
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Ancient DNA reveals history of extinct Caribbean monkey
November 21st, 2018 
Riffin Analysis of ancient DNA of a mysterious extinct monkey named Xenothrix — which displays bizarre body characteristics very different to any living monkey — has revealed that it was in fact most closely related to South America’s titi monkeys (Callicebinae). Having made their way overwater to Jamaica, probably on floating vegetation, their bones reveal they […]
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No Comments »Ancient bird bones redate human activity in Madagascar by 6,000 years
September 17th, 2018 Riffin Analysis of bones, from what was once the world’s largest bird, has revealed that humans arrived on the tropical island of Madagascar more than 6,000 years earlier than previously thought — according to a study published today, 12 September 2018, in the journal Science Advances. A team of scientists led by international conservation charity ZSL […]
Posted in Featured Post Tags: 6000, activity, Ancient, Bird, Bones, human, island, madagascar, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, tropical, WFS, WorldFossilSociety, years No Comments »Ancient farmers profoundly changed Earth’s climate!!!
September 9th, 2018 Riffin Millennia ago, ancient farmers cleared land to plant wheat and maize, potatoes and squash. They flooded fields to grow rice. They began to raise livestock. And unknowingly, they may have been fundamentally altering the climate of Earth. A study published in the journal Scientific Reports provides new evidence that ancient farming practices led to a […]
Posted in Featured Post Tags: Ancient, climate, Earth, farmers, field, flood, glacier, ox, plow, rice, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, WFS, WorldFossilSociety No Comments »Earth’s ancient biosphere deciphered using prehistoric lake deposits.
July 23rd, 2018 Riffin A sample of ancient oxygen, teased out of a 1.4-billion-year-old evaporative lake deposit in Ontario, provides fresh evidence of what the Earth’s atmosphere and biosphere were like during the interval leading up to the emergence of animal life.
Posted in Featured Post Tags: Ancient, biosphere, deposits, Earth, evaporative, lake, ontario, Prehistoric, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, WFS, WorldFossilSociety No Comments »Lagenanectes richterae: Ancient sea reptile found in Germany
August 29th, 2017 Riffin @WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev A previously unrecognized 132 million-year-old fossilized sea monster from northern Germany has been identified by an international team of researchers. Findings published in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. The bizarre sea creature was a plesiosaur, an extinct long-necked aquatic reptile resembling the popular image of the Loch Ness […]
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