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Paleo Week: Getting to the Root of Roots

Fossils anchor root evolution to the tree of life

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I just saw a paleontologist sitting in a bar talking to a piece of coal. He must be carbon dating.

This Fossil Sat in a Drawer for 40 Years. Now It’s Changing What We Know About Dinosaurs in Antarctica

A case of mistaken identity resolved decades later.

A 500-Million-Year-Old Fossil Adds a New Clue to a Missing Chapter of Animal Evolution

Learn how a 500-million-year-old arthropod fossil from Québec is helping scientists rethink the Furongian gap and the hidden diversity of late Cambrian life.

Antarctica's oldest known dinosaur fossil was hiding in a museum drawer for 40 years

SAND Gives Paleontological Society A Brand Update

SAND reimagined the Association of Applied Paleontological Sciences’ identity with a modern logo that honors the ancient world of fossils. The post SAND Gives Paleontological Socie...

Paleo Week: Northern Canada was Once a Subtropical Paradise

Fossils of Eocene palm trees near the Arctic Circle reveal a heated past

Forgotten museum fossil helps rewrite part of animal evolution

New research published in BMC Biology helps to fill in questions about the so-called "Furongian gap" from about 497 million to 485 million years ago, when paleontologists previousl...