#fossils

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Hajar Mountains UAE Fossils: Ancient Ocean Secrets Explained

The Hajar Mountains contain marine fossils up to 95 million years old, from the ancient Tethys Sea that once covered the Arabian Peninsula. Fossilized ammonites, rudists, and echinoids found here prove that the UAE was once a shallow tropical ocean floor. The Hajar ophiolite complex — the largest ex

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[mazingamazingly]

Hajar Mountains UAE Fossils: Ancient Ocean Secrets Explained

The Hajar Mountains contain marine fossils up to 95 million years old, from the ancient Tethys Sea that once covered the Arabian Peninsula. Fossilized ammonites, rudists, and echinoids found here prove that the UAE was once a shallow tropical ocean floor. The Hajar ophiolite complex — the largest ex

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120,000-year-old European fallow deer—tracing the loss of genetic diversity

120,000-year-old fossils reveal that European fallow deer have lost much of their genetic diversity since the last interglacial period. Image credit: Juraj Lipták

https://phys.org/news/2026-06-year-european-fallow-deer-loss.html

[eartharchives]

A lack of sex held back life's diversity for millions of years, fossil study finds

The way that Earth's first animals reproduced held back life's diversity for millions of years, fossil study finds. Image credit: Hugo Salais

https://phys.org/news/2026-06-lack-sex-held-life-diversity.html

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The dinosaurs who survived the asteroid – podcast

Palaeontologist Prof Steve Brusatte joins science correspondent Nicola Davis to trace the evolution of our feathered friends from their dinosaur origins. Image credit: Pascal Goetgheluck/ESRF/PA

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/audio/2026/jun/09/the-dinosaurs-who-survived-the-asteroid-podcast

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petrified palmwood

[eartharchives]

Fossil discovery fills in missing information about modern fish evolution

A University of Michigan graduate student helped uncover the earliest known fossils of six modern fish groups that emerged after the asteroid impact 66 million years ago. Image credit: Hesham Sallam.

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1130205