Amber is fossilized resin that preserves biological remains in exceptional detail, study of
which has revolutionized understanding of past terrestrial organisms and habitats from the …

A series of publications purport to provide evidence that the Earth was subjected to an
extraterrestrial event or events at∼ 12.9 ka creating an environmental cataclysm and the …

Amber, a natural polymer, is fossil tree resin derived from diverse botanical sources with
varying chemical compositions. As such, all amber is susceptible to the effects of light …

Among the many inclusions from the exceptionally rich fossiliferous amber of Zhangpu,
China (Middle Miocene: Langhian), stingless bees (Apinae: Meliponini) are particularly …

The subfamily Epyrinae is the most common in the bethylid fossil record. Its geological
history ranges from the Eocene to the Pleistocene, and it is the only subfamily that has no …

Paedomorphosis is a heterochronic syndrome in which adult individuals display features of
their immature forms. In beetles, this phenomenon occurs widely in the superfamily …

The earliest amber with numerous important paleobiological samples, and the only
significant Lower Cretaceous one containing cockroaches, comes from the Lebanese …

Simple Summary Beetle fossils play an important role in our understanding of the origin and
evolutionary history of this insect order. Despite the recently increasing rate of fossil …

As the only direct records of the history of evolution, it is critical to determine the geological
source of biota-bearing fossils. Through the application of synchrotron-radiation micro …

Although specimens in fossil to Recent resins are remarkable for their fidelity of
preservation, amber is well known and studied, unlike the younger resins as Pleistocene …