Insects are everywhere and, as far as we humans are concerned, they always have been and always will be. We, as a species, have been around for about 200,000 years. The first members of the primates – the taxonomic order we belong to – emerged around 80 million years ago. And the first vertebrates to leave the sea…
Tag: fossil
Fossil fish discovered in SCS staircase
Walking up and down the stairs instead of taking the lift is good exercise, and I am a frequent user of the staircase at the Science Centre. Imagine my surprise, then, when I discovered that one of the tiles on those very stairs had a fossil fish embedded that I had never noticed before! Judging…
Digging up my little dino!
Guest Post by Leaellyn Rich, the daughter of Professor Patricia Vickers-Rich, who delivered two intriguing talks entitled ‘Dinos in Mukluks’ on 21 and 22 October at Science Centre Singapore. The following is an adapation of Leaellyn’s “My Little Dino” article. I always wanted my very own dinosaur. Then my parents found one for me—deep in an Australian mine!…
