Only 41% in Haryana believe in evolution
Following Satyapal Singh’s denial of evolution, a small survey of over 1,700 individuals (both adults and children) from 12 States in India found that public acceptance of evolution was high…
Category: Fossils
ISI Kolkata discovers reptiles with horns that came 100 million years before dinosaurs
The discovery of adult reptile fossil bones without horns indicates sexual dimorphism. Scientists at the Kolkata-based Indian Statistical Institute have discovered fossil remains of horned reptiles about 245 million years…
The missing fossils matter as much as the ones we have found
By Adrian Currie & Derek Turner The coelacanths are an ancient group of lobe-finned fishes, with weird appendages that take the form of bony, fleshy, muscular stalks. They’re well-represented in the fossil record…
Evolution “prevails” in South Korea
Published in The Hindu on September 9, 2012 Starting 2013, science textbooks in South Korea will continue to carry information on archaeopteryx, once considered the primitive bird fossil, and other…
Editorial: A retrograde decision
Published in The Hindu on June 15, 2012 The dethroning of Archaeopteryx as the basal bird last year has had the much anticipated effect — opportunistic creationists using the findings…
Editorial: Signs of earliest life
Published in The Hindu on September 12, 2011 The latest fossil finds of microscopic life about 3.4 billion years ago in sedimentary rocks in Western Australia suggests that life began…
Editorial: Archaeopteryx dethroned
Published in The Hindu on August 13, 2011 The discovery of Archaeopteryx , the most primitive bird fossil, in 1861, just two years after the publication of Charles Darwin’s great…
Archaeopteryx is not an early bird, study says
Published in The Hindu on July 28, 2011 The discovery of Archaeopteryx, considered the basal bird, became central to our understanding of avialan (a group that includes all birds and…
