Scientists have unearthed in southern China fossils of a multitude of marine creatures dating to more than a half billion years ago, showing a deep-water ecosystem thriving in the aftermath of the ...

Scientists discovered the Huayuan Biota fossils in Hunan Province, China, dating 512 million years. The fossils include 153 species from 16 groups, with 90 species new to science. They date just after ...

Just over half a billion years ago, Earth was rocked by a global mass extinction event, a dramatic interruption of the Cambrian explosion of life on Earth. What happened next, in the direct aftermath ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The fossil of the Cambrian Period marine arthropod Fuxianhuiid, with gut preserved, discovered in Hunan province in southern China ...

Research team members collect fossils during their first field work in Mozi village of Huayuan county, Xiangxi Tujia and Miao autonomous prefecture, Central China's Hunan province, April 7, 2021.

Paris (France) (AFP) – Almost a hundred new animal species that survived a mass extinction event half a billion years ago have been discovered in a small quarry in China, scientists revealed Wednesday ...

The Chinese team uncovered more than 150 different species between 2021 and 2024 - Copyright AFP Han Zeng The Chinese team uncovered more than 150 different species ...

Scientists discovered that wrinkled rocks in Morocco were formed by deep sea microbes that survived without sunlight.

The treasure trove of fossils offers a rare glimpse into a cataclysmic event that brought a sudden end to the greatest explosion of life in our planet's history. The site where the fossils were found ...

Now, a breakthrough by Chinese researchers has filled this gap by discovering a top-tier soft-bodied fossil deposit in Hunan province's Huayuan county — dating shortly after the Sinsk event. This ...

Just over 512 million years ago, Earth’s life was shaken by a major extinction event, yet fossil evidence reveals it persisted. A newly discovered fossil site in South China captures an entire marine ...