New Cretaceous Jehol fossil sheds light on evolution of ancestral mammalian middle ear
Credit: IVPP A joint research team led by Dr. MAO Fangyuan from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP) ...
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Research into ancient Chinese chime stones receives highest honour from Chinese Government
Her extensive research, the first comprehensive study of its kind, has earned her the 'Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-financed ...
200 000 years ago, humans preferred to kip cozy
Humans prepared beds to sleep on right at the dawn of our species -- over 200 000 years agoCredit: A. ...
New study confirms the power of Deinosuchus and its ‘teeth the size of bananas’
Credit: Adam Cossette A new study, revisiting fossil specimens from the enormous crocodylian, Deinosuchus, has confirmed that the beast had ...
New study sheds light on evolution of hell ants from 100 million years ago
Credit: NIGPAS Ants are the most successful social insects and play an important role in modern terrestrial ecosystems. The origin ...
Owl discovered that hunted like a hawk 55 million years ago
Credit: Senckenberg Research Institute Paleontologists have described in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology a large owl that killed medium-sized mammals ...
Scientists prove bird ovary tissue can be preserved in fossils
Credit: Alida Bailleul A research team led by Dr. Alida Bailleul from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP) ...
Neanderthals of Western Mediterranean did not become extinct because of changes in climate
Credit: Photo: O. Lacarbonara Homo Neanderthaliensis did not become extinct because of changes in climate. At least, this did not ...
Breakthrough in studying ancient DNA from Doggerland that separates the UK from Europe
Credit: Dr Martin Bates, UWTSD Thousands of years ago the UK was physically joined to the rest of Europe through ...
5,000 years of history of domestic cats in Central Europe
Interdisciplinary studies in paleogenetics and archeozoologyCredit: Magdalena Krajcarz A loner and a hunter with highly developed territorial instincts, a cruel ...
New method solves old mystery: Hafnium isotopes clinch origin of high-quality Roman glass
An international team of researchers have found a way to determine the origin of colourless glass from the Roman period. ...
Innovation by ancient farmers adds to biodiversity of the Amazon, study shows
Credit: Ben Hur Marimon Junior Innovation by ancient farmers to improve soil fertility continues to have an impact on the ...
Tracking Australia’s gigantic carnivorous dinosaurs
Credit: Dr Anthony Romilio North America had the T. rex, South America had the Giganotosaurus and Africa the Spinosaurus - ...
Tomography studies of coins shed light on the history of Volga Bulgaria
Kazanites teamed up with nuclear researchers from Dubna to publish their resultsCredit: Kazan Federal University Kazan Federal University, Joint Institute ...
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