Lost world with a 280-million-year-old ecosystem discovered by hikerA 280 million-year-old ecosystem was discovered in the Italian Alps, revealing ancient reptiles and plants from the Permian period.
Scales helped reptiles conquer the land-when did they first evolve?Some of the hardened skin structures necessary for our ancestors evolved much earlier than previously suspected, evidenced by 300 million-year-old tail scale impressions.
Lost world with a 280-million-year-old ecosystem discovered by hikerA 280 million-year-old ecosystem was discovered in the Italian Alps, revealing ancient reptiles and plants from the Permian period.
Scales helped reptiles conquer the land-when did they first evolve?Some of the hardened skin structures necessary for our ancestors evolved much earlier than previously suspected, evidenced by 300 million-year-old tail scale impressions.