Fossils

“In India, 25 to 30 genera of dinosaurs are known, depending on how experts wish to club or split the population. “The Indian fossil record of dinosaurs is very good.”

Discovered by an Indo-French team, most of the nearly 1,500 fossils found on the site belong to prehistoric animals who are now extinct!

A recent fossil discovery in Himachal is helping scientists learn more about a now extinct ape-like creature with ancestral lineage to the modern gibbon.

When and how did early humans leave their African cradle and arrive in India? Was India home to one or more unknown hominid species? Archaeologists are digging deeper and wider for the answers to these fascinating questions.

This discovery could lead to scientists and researchers essentially rethinking the several theories on the evolution of plant life on this planet.

The footprints were discovered near Lathi village in Rajasthan, a once prehistoric coastal area. In addition, they were found near a bone bed that contained fossils of different species like crocodiles, fish and dinosaurs.