Paris - A stunningly intact 220-million-year-old fossil found in south-western China appears to have settled a long-simmering debate over reptile evolution: how did turtles get their shell? In a study ...

The unearthing of a 220m-year-old fossil in China has solved the enduring mystery of how the turtle got its shell. The ancient remains are the only evidence fossil hunters have of a turtle that is ...

Dr Tyler Lyson of the University of the Witwatersrand has published a paper on the origin of the tortoise's shell, and how it affected their respiratory systems. Lyson is the lead author of "Origin of ...

The evolution of turtles has long fascinated scientists - and now a 260 million-year-old fossil found in the Karoo is providing them with a clearer picture of how they evolved. Eunotosaurusafricanus, ...

The long-standing mystery of how the turtle got its shell may have been solved by a Japanese study. The paper, published today in the journal Science, shows the outer shell of turtles develop from the ...

A 260-million-year-old fossil species found in South Africa’s Karoo Basin continues to provide information into the murky origins of turtles whose evolution fascinates scientists. The fossil of an ...

Cartoons often suggest turtles wear shells like removable armor. Those stories show turtles stepping out, swapping shells, or treating them like clothing. Biology disagrees. A turtle shell is not an ...