Taylor Mitchell Brown

All Stories by Taylor Mitchell Brown

  1. Paleontology

    These ancient bumblebees were found with their pollen source

    Insects have long pollinated plants, but evidence of ancient pairing is rare. Fossils now show bees and linden trees goes back 24 million years.

  2. Paleontology

    An ancient reptile’s fossilized skin reveals how it swam like a seal

    A reptile fossil is the first of its kind with skin and partially webbed feet, possibly showing how later species like plesiosaurs adapted to water.

  3. Archaeology

    Neandertals invented bone-tipped spears all on their own

    An 80,000-year-old bone point found in Eastern Europe challenges the idea that migrating Homo sapiens gave the technology to Neandertals.