Latest news about research and collections from the Earth
Sciences Department. Scientists at the Museum identify a
520-million-year-old fossilised brain. Scientists detect
cryptotephra, a microscopic volcanic glass, from an ancient
Italian eruption. Museum scientists use techniques for designing
F1 cars to reveal dinosaur feeding habits. Museum scientists
reveal how the 4-legged dinosaurs stood for the first time.
Museum scientists identify a dwarf mammoth in the Mediterranean.
Video. The origin of the unusual beak of pufferfishes has been
discovered by Museum scientists. One human skull may look a lot
like another. Chris Stringer highlights the features that ID
Homo sapiens. Other large dinosaurs may have had feathers.
Dinosaur expert Paul Barrett gives his view. Models on ice-age
plant and animal movements reveal clues to human evolution. They
may look like something out of a science fiction movie, but the
living horseshoe crab has survived major extinctions. Sense of
smell may have been as important as lan