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Using computed tomography to study DNA from ancient humans without destroying samples
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Ancient predator species discovered in South Africa challenges what we know about gorgonopsians
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Land animals evolved from ocean ancestors'new study unravels the genetics behind the transition
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Fossilized reindeer tooth reveals glacial-era fauna in ancient Iberian Peninsula
8+ mon, 1+ week ago (290+ words) edited by Gaby Clark, reviewed by Andrew Zinin The presence of cold-adapted species such as reindeer at these latitudes indicates that the climate at that time was glacial. The fossil was uncovered in Galer'a's GIIIa unit, in the same layer…...
Dinosaur tracks reveal first evidence of mixed-species herding behavior
8+ mon, 3+ week ago (473+ words) edited by Sadie Harley, reviewed by Andrew Zinin Credit: Vladimir Srajber from Pexels Footprints of a multispecies herd of dinosaurs discovered in Canada demonstrate the social interaction between different dinosaur species 76 million years ago, according to findings in a new…...
Record-breaking 'gigantic' deep-sea limpet species named after ONE PIECE character
8+ mon, 3+ week ago (416+ words) edited by Gaby Clark, reviewed by Andrew Zinin Researchers from Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC) have discovered a deep-sea limpet species 5, 922 meters beneath the northwestern Pacific Ocean, marking the deepest known habitat for any true limpet (subclass…...
Why are we so obsessed with bringing back the wooly mammoth?
9+ mon, 1+ week ago (901+ words) by Rebecca Woods, The Conversation edited by Lisa Lock, reviewed by Andrew Zinin In just the last several months, de-extinction'bringing back extinct species by recreating them or organisms that resemble them'has moved closer from science fiction to science fact. Colossal…...
Synchrotron X-rays reveal how T. rex bones may have healed after injuries
9+ mon, 1+ week ago (584+ words) edited by Lisa Lock, reviewed by Robert Egan A University of Regina research team has made discoveries about how dinosaurs may have healed from injuries when they examined the preserved blood vessel structures inside a rib bone from Scotty, the…...