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India discovered the largest mass of amber in history
International fossil researchers have discovered an amber weighing up to 150kg in Gujarat, western India.
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Archeology
Discovering fossil ants 52 million years ago in India
Among the newly discovered fossils in western India there is a fossil ant located in amber 52 million years ago.
Archeology
Discovery of prehistoric spider nets
This is the oldest spider web in the world discovered, scientists determined its date about 140 million years ago.
Archeology
Finding fossils 'nesting tools' flies
The latest Cretaceous Research magazine reported that scientists have found fossils of an ancient fly over 100 million years old that are quite complete and very beautif…
Archeology
Found the belly opening in amber
One hundred million years ago, a termite got injured and opened its belly. The resin gradually encapsulates the body and the entire termite gut.
Archeology
Detecting fossil geckos in the oldest amber
Researchers at Oregon State University and London's Museum of Natural History have published the discovery of the oldest fossil of a gecko.
Archeology
Detection of feathers from the time of dinosaurs covered in amber
Seven feathers in perfect preservation in the recently discovered amber in France contain information about an extremely important stage in feather evolution. Scientists…
Archeology
Detected 100 million year old chiseled amber contains group of 356 animals
Paleontologists from Rennes University (France) and ESRF have discovered a group of 356 animals in completely opaque amber from the Cretaceous period in the Charentes re…
Archeology
France used to be a tropical forest
In what is now Champs Elysee boulevard, the Eiffel Tower and neighboring vineyards, there used to be a dense forest like Amazon.
Archeology
The insect attack has ended the dinosaur period
Maybe at the time of the extinction of the dinosaurs there were meteorite crashes or volcanic eruptions that happened but there was a book that debated the most powerful…
Archeology
Revive the ancient spider
From the fossil model of an ancient spider that once lived on the earth more than 50 million years ago, scientists at the University of Manchester City (UK) created vivi…
Archeology
CH Dominica: Detecting fossils of ancient orchids
American researchers have discovered ancient orchid fossils adhering to a queen bee in a piece of amber in CH Dominica. Rare and precious pieces of amber, dating from 15…
Archeology
The oldest spider web in the world
A spider silk with an entangled insect still intact there was found in a piece of amber in Spain. The amazing thing is that it dates back 110 million years, from the tim…
Space science
Dinosaur feathers in amber
In science fiction (Jurassic Park movie), amber keeps dinosaur DNA, helping modern humans reborn this extinct animal.
Biology
Discover the oldest insect in the world
The chronology of three insect corpses is about 230 million years old, meaning that they were born in the Three Gorges and at the same time as dinosaurs. They consist of…