Fossils

UChicago paleontologist Paul Sereno’s fossil lab moves to Washington Park Assortment of bones and skeletons inside Sereno's lab

UChicago paleontologist Paul Sereno’s fossil lab moves to Washington Park

New facility includes space for fossil preparation, community programs, and specimens collected from worldwide expeditions

New fossil shows four-legged fishapod that returned to the water while Tiktaalik ventured onto land Tiktaalik illustration

New fossil shows four-legged fishapod that returned to the water while Tiktaalik ventured onto land

Researchers discover a new fossil that is closely related to other animals that made the transition to land, but with features more suited for swimming and life in the water.

Fish story for the ages: High schooler unearths rare fossil Student and professor with fossil

Fish story for the ages: High schooler unearths rare fossil

3-D reconstructions show how ancient sharks found an alternative way to feed Tristychius 3-D Model

3-D reconstructions show how ancient sharks found an alternative way to feed

Fossil shows how early mammals could swallow like their modern descendants Microdocodon gracilis

Fossil shows how early mammals could swallow like their modern descendants

Study shakes up sloth family tree Sloth

Study shakes up sloth family tree

Study challenges claim that 2-million-year-old fossil is human ancestor Fossil casts

Study challenges claim that 2-million-year-old fossil is human ancestor

Fossilized slime of ancient eel-like creature shakes up vertebrate family tree Thumbnail

Fossilized slime of ancient eel-like creature shakes up vertebrate family tree

Trophy Heads and Mummies Discovered in Ancient Peruvian Pits Trophy Heads and Mummies Discovered in Ancient Peruvian Pits

Trophy Heads and Mummies Discovered in Ancient Peruvian Pits

<p>Sr. Lect. Maria Cecilia Lozada discovers over 1,500-year-old human remains in Peru</p>


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Got milk? Even the first mammals knew how to suckle Got milk? Even the first mammals knew how to suckle

Got milk? Even the first mammals knew how to suckle

<p>Prof. Zhe-Xi Luo discusses evidence of mammalian ancestors suckling milk</p>


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