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Sink Or Swim: How Kids And Scientists Made Megalodon Maryland's State Shark
1+ hour, 5+ min ago (679+ words) ANNAPOLIS, Md. " A prehistoric shark known for making waves, the Megalodon was named the state shark of Maryland two months ago. And for this honor, we can thank lawmakers, scientists and, of course, kids. Megalodon is a massive prehistoric shark that…...
New Isle of Wight ammonite species named after fossil hunter Martin Simpson " Isle of Wight Observer News
8+ hour, 2+ min ago (278+ words) Isle of Wight Observer News The Island's favourite newspaper A new species of large ammonite from the Lower Greensand rocks of Whale Chine has been described for the first time in 46 years. The species, named Australiceras simpsoni, has been described…...
Still Zero: Why New Fossil Finds Don't Solve Cambrian Explosion Mystery
2+ day, 58+ min ago (26+ words) New fossil discoveries from China are being hailed as evidence that could reshape our understanding of the origin of complex animal life. Does the new find...
Science cover study suggests vertebrate ancestors had complex brains 500 million years ago
2+ hour, 12+ min ago (389+ words) What did the ancestor of all vertebrates " including humans " look like? A Chinese-led study featured on the cover of Science suggests that one important clue may lie in the brain of a lamprey, an ancient jawless fish often described as…...
Paracas Skulls: the mystery of the lost sutures
7+ hour, 36+ min ago (202+ words) Foro3 D The elongated skulls of Paracas have been baffling anthropologists and mystery enthusiasts for decades. Beyond artificial deformation using boards and bandages, several specimens present a cranial volume 25% greater than normal humans and, most strikingly, completely lack the sagittal suture....
Study suggests four-winged raptor preyed on early birds in China
2+ hour, 27+ min ago (371+ words) While studying ancient bird remains in China's Changma Basin, researchers kept finding broken bones packed into odd, pellet-like clumps. The pattern suggested that some of the region's earliest birds were being consumed by a predator and later regurgitated. The regurgitated…...
Fossils Challenge Assumptions on How Animals Adapted to Land
10+ hour, 47+ min ago (1766+ words) Scientists have long posited the earliest water animals to transition to land had amphibious tadpole features, going through a metamorphosis akin to that of today's frogs. But new research out Thursday in the journal Science challenges that conventional assumption. It…...
Did early land animals evolve like frogs? Why new fossil evidence says no
3+ hour, 58+ min ago (694+ words) NEW YORK, June 19 " Scientists have long posited the earliest water animals to transition to land had amphibious tadpole features, going through a metamorphosis akin to that of today's frogs. But new research out Thursday in the journal Science challenges that…...
13 Times Evolution Got Seriously Creative
3+ hour, 54+ min ago (187+ words) Evolution, the process that shapes all life on Earth, doesn't always follow predictable paths. Through natural selection, genetic drift, and adaptation to environmental challenges, some of the most extraordinary biological solutions have emerged. These evolutionary innovations demonstrate nature's remarkable ability…...
" Sudden evolution to modern humans questioned
6+ hour, 5+ min ago (17+ words) Techno-Science. net " Sudden evolution to modern humans questioned...