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Researchers reveal the DNA of a ‘ghost’ lineage in all humans: it interbred with our ancestors more than 50,000 years ago
2+ hour, 12+ min ago (291+ words) Scientists in California have shed further light on the complex process of human evolution across millions of years of interbreeding. A recent study published by the University of California, Berkeley has identified genetic traces of two previously unknown hominin species…...
"Unearth a Story" was the theme of this year's Summer Reading program at the Sullivan County libraries.
5+ hour, 15+ min ago (20+ words) Kingsport Times News...
Why couldn???t dinosaurs shrink? Scientists point to early mammals
1+ hour, 42+ min ago (449+ words) A new study suggests early mammals may help explain why dinosaurs never evolved into truly tiny adults, despite ruling Earth for millions of years. Researchers found that biology alone cannot explain the striking absence of mouse-sized dinosaurs, pointing instead to…...
Jurassic Park's Most Important Prop Is Finally Going Up for Sale, and Collectors Are Already Battling in Early Bidding
1+ hour, 35+ min ago (323+ words) ComicBook.com Jurassic Park cemented its place in movie history the moment everyone saw a Tyrannosaur terrorize two children in a broken-down car. Long before that, the movie was marketed with a simple teaser showing miners working in the dust…...
Why are we (almost all) right‑handed? Two million years of evolutionary mystery
7+ hour, 16+ min ago (617+ words) Why are we (almost all) right‑handed?...
Bill Zuck: I’ll raise you one brontosaurus
6+ hour, 16+ min ago (225+ words) The Sun Chronicle Any thoughts of gambling, and my pessimistic side comes right to the surface. For me, the potential excitement of betting on the ponies, or successfully rolling a six the hard way, or seeing my team cover the…...
Antenna-like cell appendage linked to turtles’ sex-deciding warmth-sensing
11+ hour, 49+ min ago (459+ words) image: A painted turtle hatchling at the Iowa State University Horticulture Research Station is on the left. The grayish hatchling on the right is a spiny softshell turtle in Nicole Valenzuela's laboratory. view more AMES, Iowa — When most baby turtles…...
John Day Fossil Beds National Monument reopens to the public
9+ hour, 45+ min ago (181+ words) Published 5:30 pm Friday, August 7, 2026 By Justin Davis | Blue Mountain Eagle DAYVILLE — The John Day Fossil Beds National Monument has reopened after threats and evacuation orders from the Rowe Creek Complex, Hay Creek Complex, and Shingle Fires subsided, the National Parks…...
In 2006 researchers dredged a clam off the coast of Iceland and prised it open to count its growth rings, and only afterwards worked out what they had done — the animal had been alive since 1499, the oldest individual creature ever recorded
9+ hour ago (491+ words) Published August 8, 2026 · How we edit The clam was one of about 200. It came up in a routine dredge off Iceland in 2006, part of a batch collected by a team from Bangor University for a project reconstructing centuries of ocean climate…...
Rare fossil from Australia reveals one giant reptile's final meal, and the predator that tore it apart
9+ hour, 28+ min ago (411+ words) Before Queensland's Outback became the dry interior it is, it was covered by an ancient sea, and one fossil from that lost world appears to preserve a remarkable chain of predator-and-prey events in a single specimen. Researchers found evidence that…...