11-08-03 Researchers working in Uganda say they have unearthed the well-preserved fossil skull of an ancient primate. 乌干达研究人员称，他们挖掘出了保存完好的古灵长类动物头骨。 The researchers say the skull belongs to a creature called Ugandapithecus major T...

11-07-21 A 120-million-year-old fossil is the oldest pregnant lizard ever discovered, according to scientists. 根据科学家研究显示，一具有1.2亿年历史的化石是迄今发现的最古老的怀孕蜥蜴化石。 The lizard was just days from giving birth when it died and was burie...

11-07-13 A team of scientists has discovered the youngest dinosaur preserved in the fossil record before the catastrophic meteor（流星） impact 65 million years ago. The finding indicates that dinosaurs did not go extinct prior to the impact and provides fur...

11-04-14 High oil prices and environmental and economic security concerns have triggered interest in using algae-derived oils as an alternative to fossil fuels. But growing algae（海藻） or any other biofuel source can require a lot of water. However, a new...

11-03-04 Fossil records verify a long-standing theory that horses evolved through natural selection, according to groundbreaking research by two anatomy（解剖学） professors at New York College of Osteopathic Medicine (NYCOM) of New York Institute of Technol...

10-12-20 About 580 million years ago, life on Earth began a rapid period of change called the Cambrian（寒武纪） Explosion, a period defined by the birth of new life forms over many millions of years that ultimately helped bring about the modern diversity of...

10-12-07 Scientists from South Korea, the United States and Japan analyzed fossil evidence found in South Korea and published research describing a new horned dinosaur. The newly identified genus（类，种，属） , Koreaceratops hwaseongensis, lived about 103 m...

10-07-23 Scientists have examined fossilised remains of a tiny, extinct monkey that were retrieved from an underwater cave in the Dominican Republic. 多米尼加共和国的科学家检测了从一处水下洞穴取回的一只微小的、绝迹猴子化石。 Scientists believe the creature w...

10-07-16 The discovery of a remarkable 15-million-year-old Australian fossil limestone cave（石灰岩洞） packed with even older animal bones has revealed almost the entire life cycle of a large prehistoric（史前的，陈旧的） marsupial（有袋类动物） , from suck...

10-06-23 Cleveland . . . Meet Lucy's great-grandfather. Scientists from The Cleveland Museum of Natural History, Kent State University, Case Western Reserve University, Addis Ababa University and Berkeley Geochronology Center were part of an international te...