New Zealand has marine fossil records that span the course of 40 million years. Now they’re giving us a glimpse at how marine […]
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Denisovan jawbone discovery – Expert Reaction
Ancient Denisovans travelled much further than we thought, according to the discovery of a 160,000-year-old jawbone on the Tibetan Plateau […]
Continue readingAncient NZ penguin was as tall as a human – Expert Reaction
A fossil penguin discovered in New Zealand has been identified as a new species and it was so tall it […]
Continue readingTūhoe and scientists collaborate on dinosaur hunt – In the news
Ngāi Tūhoe and palaeontologists have teamed up to go digging for dinosaurs and understand more about how these animals lived in […]
Continue readingFossil find uncovers possible hobbit ancestor – In the news
Fossilised remains of small-bodied hominins found on the Indonesian island of Flores have been dated to around 700,000 years old […]
Continue readingForgotten bones lead to ancient penguin species
Both the New Zealand Herald and Radio New Zealand have today covered the story of a newly identified species of […]
Continue readingNZ’s early natural history in Scientific American
Freelance geologist David Bressan, blogging for Scientific American, writes about the early investigations into ‘giant birds’ reported by European settlers […]
Continue readingFossils reveal giant prehistoric NZ penguin
Fossils found on the East coast of New Zealand have been used to reconstruct the skeleton of an extinct prehistoric […]
Continue readingCoverage: DNA extracted from fossil eggshells
For the first time, DNA has been successfully extracted from fossilized eggshells, with some of the fragments being from moa. […]
Continue readingDom Post: The fascinating world of fossil finding
Kiran Chug of the Dominion Post reports on a new book, written by GNS scientists, which tells people where to […]
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