The whole Earth is our laboratory, and fieldwork is an integral part of our teaching. An exciting programme of field trips is included in your tuition fee. Palaeontology is the study of the life of ...

All of this requires expertise in many areas of science. As such, palaeontology combines elements and technologies from biology, chemistry, physics, mathematics, and even computer sciences.

Learn from experts with interests ranging from dinosaurs to plants to the origin of life, and become fully immersed in hands-on palaeontology from the start. One-third of the first year is dedicated ...

Palaeontology is the study of prehistoric species, mostly ones that are extinct. It focuses primarily on fossil data, using a variety of physical, chemical and biological techniques to analyse them.

The geographic, stratigraphic and historical coverage of the seven million vertebrate, invertebrate and plant fossils in the Museum's palaeontology collection make it globally important. Our ...

The fossil has been named Jeholia longchengi after its discovery site in the Jehol Biota of Longcheng District in Liaoning ...

The standard academic entry requirement for this PhD is an upper second-class (2:1) honours degree in a discipline directly relevant to the PhD (or international equivalent) OR any upper-second class ...

The disaster that obliterated two cities also created the intense heat and rapid cooling behind the one-of-a-kind transformation.

Photo: Courtesy of the Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) Around 10 ...

Newly described fossils show carnivorous dinosaurs seen in South America also thrived in the Cretaceous of southeastern ...