Newly sequenced genome of extinct giant lemur sheds light on animal’s biology
Credit: George Perry, Penn State UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Using an unusually well-preserved subfossil jawbone, a team of researchers -- ...
Tag: Paleontology
New research reveals remarkable resilience of sea life in the aftermath of mass extinctions
Credit: Brian Huber Pioneering research has shown marine ecosystems can start working again, providing important functions for humans, after being ...
Pleistocene sediment DNA from Denisova Cave
Sediment DNA tracks 300,000 years of hominin and animal presence at Denisova CaveCredit: Richard G. Roberts Denisova Cave is located ...
The origins of farming insects
Ambrosia fungi cultivated by beetles for more than 100 million yearsCredit: Bjarte Jordal, University of Bergen (Norway) A beetle bores ...
Marine sediments explain how part of Brazil’s Northeast region became semi-arid
The phenomenon is linked to gradual contraction of the tropical rain belt over the last 5,000 years, according to a ...
Did the ancient Maya have parks?
First-of-its-kind DNA analysis finds trees and wild vegetation grew around reservoirs in TikalCredit: David Lentz The ancient Maya city of ...
Fossil research shows woodlice cousins roamed Ireland 360 million years ago
New techniques used to recreate the image of the Oxyuropoda - the cousin of the garden woodliceCredit: Diane Dabir Moghaddam. ...
Study presents new species of bizarre, extinct lizard previously misidentified as a bird
Credit: Stephanie Abramowicz/Peretti Museum Foundation/Current Biology GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- An international research team has described a new species of Oculudentavis, ...
Dinosaurs lived in greenhouse climate with hot summers
New climate reconstruction method provides precise picture of climate 78 million years agoCredit: Niels de Winter Palaeoclimatologists study climate of ...
10,000-year-old DNA pens the first tales of the earliest domesticated goats
Credit: The 'Tracking Cultural and Environmental Change project'. New research has revealed the genetic makeup of the earliest goat herds. ...
Paleontologists for the first time discover the pierced skull of a Pleistocene cave bear
Probably the find is the only evidence in the world that ancient people hunted Pleistocene small cave bearsCredit: UrFU / ...
Corals tell Arabian Sea story of global warming
Credit: Tsuyoshi Watanabe Coral insights into 1,000 years of seasonal changes in the Arabian Sea warn of significant impacts caused ...
The DNA of three aurochs found next to the Elba shepherdess opens up a new enigma for palaeontology
Credit: José Antonio Peñas (SINC) Research involving scientists from the University of A Coruña has succeeded in sequencing the oldest ...
Microscopic fossils record ancient climate conditions
Credit: Courtney Wagner/University of Utah Fifty-six million years ago, as the Earth's climate warmed by five to eight degrees C, ...
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