New study results consistent with dog domestication during ice age
A research team performed dental microwear analysis on canid fossils from a Paleolithic site in the Czech RepublicCredit: Peter Ungar ...
Tag: Paleontology
The dinosaur in the cupboard under the stairs
Credit: Dr Anthony Romilio The mystery surrounding dinosaur footprints on a cave ceiling in Central Queensland has been solved after ...
Reconstructing the diet of fossil vertebrates
The ratio of special zinc isotopes in dental enamel provides information about the diet of mammals in prehistoric timesCredit: Nicolas ...
Science snapshots: Dinosaur blood vessels, giant viruses, and antibiotic-building enzymes
Credit: Boatman et al. and Smithsonian Institute Berkeley Lab Helps Reveal How Dinosaur Blood Vessels Can Preserve Through the Ages ...
Boom and bust for ancient sea dragons
Large fish-like marine reptiles, the ichthyosaurs, had an early heyday but could not keep up the pace, leading to a ...
Coincidences influence the onset and ending of ice ages
Credit: Ola Joensen When we predict future climate, it is important to understand the climate of the past. We do. ...
Gulf coast mollusks rode out past periods of climate change
Credit: Christopher Garvie About 55 million years ago, a rapidly warming climate decimated marine communities around the world. But according ...
There’s a twist in the story of volcanism & mass extinctions, say CCNY researchers
Credit: Photo credit: B. Black and L.T. Elkins-Tanton An emerging scientific consensus is that gases--in particular carbon gases--released by volcanic ...
Scientists resurrect mammoth’s broken genes
The research builds on evidence that the last mammoths on a lonely Arctic island suffered from a variety of genetic ...
New thalattosaur species discovered in Southeast Alaska
Gunakadeit joseeae is the most complete thalattosaur ever found in North AmericaCredit: Artwork by Ray Troll ©2020 Scientists at the ...
‘Oldest bamboo’ fossil from Eocene Patagonia turns out to be a conifer
Credit: Peter Wilf A fossilised leafy branch from the early Eocene in Patagonia described in 1941 is still often cited ...
UT scientists’ fossil-finding board game is a success in classrooms
Credit: Rowan Martindale/ The University of Texas at Austin Jackson School of Geosciences Becoming a fossil is the ultimate game ...
How the development of skulls and beaks made Darwin’s finches one of the most diverse species
Credit: Guillermo Navalon Darwin's finches are among the most celebrated examples of adaptive radiation in the evolution of modern vertebrates ...
One single primitive turtle resisted mass extinction in the northern hemisphere
Credit: José Antonio Peñas (SINC) Sixty-six million years ago, in the emerged lands of Laurasia -now the northern hemisphere- a ...
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