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When people hear the word "fossils," they usually think of dinosaur skeletons and large bones. However, this is not entirely accurate. Fossils are the

It is an understatement to say that horses have influenced human history. Certain empires could not have existed without them. Apart from these animals

Close In Germany, at a UNESCO World Heritage site in old lake sediments of the Messel Pit, Researchers have discovered a previously unknown skeleton of a fossil fly species. In the tummy of the fossil fly, various plant pollen could be seen which gives exceptional insights into the behavior of their feeding, the duty of the fly as a pollinator, and their ecology. (Photo : Egor Kamelev) The Skeleton Pollen   The attention of the researchers was not caught by the fly itself, but its big belly suggesting that the belly was still full with the last food intake of the fly. Shockingly, the stomac...

The 47 million-year-old fly was found at the Messel Pit, a fertile fossil site in central Germany. Using an electron microscope researchers determined its final meal included pollen from water-willow and ivy.

Full-bellied fossil suggests flies were active pollinators 47 million years ago By (0) The full-bellied fly fossil -- representing a new species, Hirmoneura messelense -- was found among ancient lake sediment layers in Germany's Messel Pit. Photo by Senckenberg March 11 (UPI) -- An ancient insect fossil, recently unearthed in Germany, suggests flies were actively pollinating a diversity of plants some 49 million years ago. Analysis of the fossil, published this week in the journal Current Biology, suggests the fly gorged itself on plant food prior to its demise. Scientists used pollen remai...