Fossils can be broadly divided into body fossils and trace fossils ... petrified wood (6), graptolite (7), fish (8), smooth and jagged-margined leaves (9 and 10), fern (11), shark tooth (12), cave ...

The characteristics of the rocks that hold fossils can be as informative as the fossils themselves. There are three main types of rock: igneous rock, metamorphic rock, and sedimentary rock. Almost all ...

As these changes have occurred, organisms have evolved, and remnants of some have been preserved as fossils. A fossil can be studied to determine what kind of organism it represents, how the ...

Although dinosaurs lived many millions of years ago, we know that they existed because some of them turned into fossils when they died. Watch our animation to discover how this happened, and explore ...

Fossilized soft tissue is exceptionally rare in plesiosaur fossils. The discovery of a well-preserved fossil is helping researchers learn more about an iconic Jurassic-period species. The ...

Dr Neil Clark, a real life palaeontologist, shows a range of fossils including colonial coral ... make use of artificial selection. Different types of leaves. videoDifferent types of leaves ...

Tucked away at Broad Street, north of East Campus, is a museum holding a new exhibit of fossils designed to teach us about how lemurs and humans evolved. The small Duke Lemur Center Museum of Natural ...