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But carbon dating isn’t typically used when dating prehistoric fossils. Kenneth Lacovara, Ph.D., founder of the Edelman Fossil Park and Museum in Sewell, New Jersey, explained to Popular Mechanics why ...

Intro -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Part I. Fossils Are Where You Find Them -- 1. Fantastic Fossils -- 2. How Are Fossils Formed? -- 3. What Kinds of Rocks Yield Fossils? -- 4.

Paleontologist and Geologist Dr. Ken Lacovara joins WIRED to answer the internet's burning questions about fossils. Can we extract dinosaur DNA from fossils? How is crude oil made from fossils? Where ...

There are several steps that go into a researcher finding a fossil. First, you have to figure out what kind of fossil you want to find. You need to know the age of the rock you’re looking for, who ...

Researchers have found fossil evidence of varied creatures wooing and mating, as they continue to search for the telltale ...

Dinosaur bones are found on every continent. Everywhere on earth, dinosaur fossils disappear at the end of the Cretaceous ...

Ancient poop fossils preserved molecules thanks to iron carbonate, revealing hidden details of prehistoric ecosystems.