@WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev At Northern Illinois University, Dan Gebo opens a cabinet and pulls out a drawer full of thin plastic cases filled with clear gelatin capsules. Inside each numbered capsule is a tiny fossil — some are so small they rival the diminutive size of a mustard seed. It’s hard […]
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WFS News: Finger and toe fossils belonged to tiny primates 45 million years ago
November 10th, 2017 
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No Comments »WFS News:Growing pains: The oldest trees on Earth ripped themselves apart, fossils show
October 25th, 2017 Riffin @WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev Scientists have discovered 374-million-year-old tree fossils from the dawn of Earth’s forests — and found that these strange plants literally had to rip themselves apart as they grew. The fossils, described in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, shed light on the nature of ancient forests […]
Posted in General Tags: fossils, Growing pains, oldest trees, Riffin T Sajeev, ripped themselves apart, Russel T Sajeev, WFS, WFS NEWS, world fossil society No Comments »WFS News:Fossils from the world’s oldest trees reveal complex anatomy never seen before
October 25th, 2017 Riffin @WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev The first trees to have ever grown on Earth were also the most complex, new research has revealed. Fossils from a 374-million-year-old tree found in north-west China have revealed an interconnected web of woody strands within the trunk of the tree that is much more intricate than that […]
WFS News: fossils shed light animal evolution on Earth
September 12th, 2017 Riffin @WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev Scientists have discovered traces of life more than half-a-billion years old that could change the way we think about how all animals evolved on earth. The international team, including palaeontologist from The University of Manchester, found a new set of trace fossils left by some of the first […]
Posted in Featured Post Tags: animal evolution, Earth, fossils, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, WFS, WFS NEWS, world fossil society No Comments »WFS News: Evidence of Earthquakes recorded on fossils
April 24th, 2017 Riffin @WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev The Cascadia subduction zone (CSZ) has captured major attention from paleoseismologists due to evidence from several large (magnitude 8-9) earthquakes preserved in coastal salt marshes. Stratigraphic records are proving to be useful for learning about the CSZ’s past, and microfossils may provide more answers about large ancient earthquakes. […]
Posted in Featured Post Tags: Evidence of Earthquakes, fossils, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, WFS, WFS NEWS, world fossil society No Comments »WFS News: Hyolith fossils find place on the tree of life
January 12th, 2017 Riffin @WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T sajeev,Russel T Sajeev A strange animal that lived on the ocean floor 500 million years ago has been assigned to the tree of life, solving a long-held mystery. The creature has eluded scientific classification since the first fossil was discovered 175 years ago.The extinct hyolith has a cone-shaped shell, tentacles for […]
Posted in Featured Post Tags: fossils, Hyolith, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, tree of life, WFS, WFS NEWS, world fossil society No Comments »WFS News: Laser used to unlock mysteries of fossils
September 19th, 2016 Riffin @ WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T sajeev A researcher from the University of Cambridge is on the Bonavista Peninsula to get a better understanding of what’s left some of the oldest organisms in the history of life on earth.Paleontologist Emily Mitchell is using a hand-held laser to map thousands of large, complex fossils — dating from about 560 […]
Posted in Featured Post Tags: fossils, Laser, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, WFS, WFS NEWS, world fossil society No Comments »WFS News: Dinosaur-era fossils unearthed in Antarctica
June 22nd, 2016 Riffin An international research team just made a big fossil discovery in Antarctica, unearthing a haul of remains that date between 67 million and 71 million years old. “We found a lot of really great fossils,” Steve Salisbury, of the University of Queensland School of Biological Sciences, said in a press release. “The rocks the were […]
Posted in Featured Post Tags: Antarctica, Dinosaur-era, fossils, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, WFS, WFS NEWS, world fossil society No Comments »Ichibengops : pre-mammal fossils from Zambia
August 14th, 2015 Riffin Scientists at The Field Museum have identified a new species of pre-mammal in what is now Zambia. Thanks to a unique groove on the animal’s upper jaw, it was dubbed Ichibengops (Itchy-BEN-gops), which combines the local Bemba word for scar (ichibenga), and the common Greek suffix for face (ops). Put simply: Scarface. Believed to be […]
Posted in Featured Post Tags: fossils, Ichibengops, pre-mammal, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, WFS, world fossil society, Zambia No Comments »Nautilus survives 500 million years — until humans fancy it
August 6th, 2012 riffin No matter how well adapted an animal may be, it can spell evolutionary doom to have feathers or even shells that become coveted by human beings. Take the nautilus, a creature that pulled easily through the asteroid impact that wiped out the dinosaurs. It now hangs on the brink of extinction thanks to the misfortune […]
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