FOSSILS • EVOLUTION • DEEP TIME
Exploring the history of life on Earth through fossils, geology, evolutionary evidence, ancient environments, and the changing ecosystems of deep time.
AREAS OF INQUIRY
CT scans of a skull fragment acquired in 1924 uncovered a new long-clawed predator from the Early Cretaceous Isle of Wight. Why this first European megaraptoran matters—and where the evolutionary evidence ends.
Read the MKP fossil investigation →Meet Norellraptor barsboldi and examine the evidence behind competing explanations for the evolution of flight.
Read the MKP explainer →How organisms become part of the fossil record, what survives, what is lost, and how scientists interpret incomplete evidence.
Evolutionary change, adaptation, biodiversity, mass extinctions, and the emergence of new groups of organisms.
Rock layers, radiometric dating, plate tectonics, ancient climates, and the geological context that gives fossils meaning.
Dinosaurs, early mammals, marine life, plants, microorganisms, and how past organisms interacted with changing environments.
Where paleontology meets archaeology, anthropology, genetics, and geology in the study of human evolution and our ancient relatives.
Explore Archaeology & Human Origins →CT scanning, isotope analysis, ancient biomolecules, digital reconstruction, computational methods, and other technologies changing paleontological research.
Paleontology combines evidence from biology, geology, chemistry, physics, and environmental science. MKP will distinguish established findings from active debates and emerging interpretations as this section grows.
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