Miocene
Sea Cow Communities Have Engineered Arabian Gulf’s Seagrass Ecosystems for Over 20 Million Years
Paleontologists have discovered a dense accumulation of dugong remains at the site of Al Masjabiya in the Early Miocene Dam ...
Fossils from Venezuela Reveal Early Origin of Gigantism in Anacondas
Anacondas are among the largest living snakes in the world. They typically range in length from 4 to 5 m ...
Kissing Likely Evolved in Common Ancestor of Humans and Large Apes 21 Million Years Ago
Kissing occurs in most living great apes and probably also occurred among Neanderthals, first appearing in the group's ancestor 21.5 ...
Ancestors of Asian Forest Tortoises Evolved in Europe, New Fossil Discovery Suggests
Paleontologists from the Institute of Paleobiology of the Polish Academy of Sciences and the Autonomous University of Barcelona have described ...
Rhinos Lived in High Arctic 23 Million Years Ago
Paleontologists have identified a new Early Miocene species of rhinoceroses Epiaceatherium from fossil remains found in Canada's High Arctic. Life ...
6-Million-Year-Old Ice Found in Antarctica
Researchers have discovered 6-million-year-old ice and air in shallow ice cores drilled in the Allan Hills region of East Antarctica. ...
Tiny Fossil Reveals Previously Unknown Songbird Lineage from New Zealand
Paleontologists have found a 2.9cm long fossilized foot bone of a possible bowerbird species at the Miocene site of St ...
