Oxygen linked with the boom and bust of early animal evolution
Credit: Andrey Zhuravlev, Lomonosov Moscow State University Extreme fluctuations in atmospheric oxygen levels corresponded with evolutionary surges and extinctions in ...
Tag: Paleontology
Scientists discover evolutionary link to modern-day sea echinoderms
Research team solves fossil mystery, identifies new species COLUMBUS, Ohio--Scientists at The Ohio State University have discovered a new species ...
Running may have made dinosaurs’ wings flap before they evolved to fly
New evidence suggests that passive wing flapping may have arisen earlier than gliding flightCredit: Talori et al. Before they evolved ...
Chewing versus sex in the duck-billed dinosaurs
Evolutionary bursts led to weird and wonderful head crestsCredit: Albert Prieto-Márquez. The duck-billed hadrosaurs walked the Earth over 90-million years ...
Bats evolved diverse skull shapes due to echolocation, diet
Credit: Dennis Wise/University of Washington Humans may be forgiven for overlooking bats. After all, many bat species are out and ...
Australian blue tongue lizard ancestor was round-in-the-tooth
Credit: Kailah Thorn, Flinders University Reconstruction of the most complete fossil lizard found in Australia, a 15 million year old ...
Flowering plants, new teeth and no dinosaurs: New study sheds light on the rise of mammals
Credit: Meng Chen A new study published April 30 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences identified three ...
New 3D imaging and visualization technique provides detailed views of muscle architecture
The University of Missouri study has wide ranging implications, including teaching animal and human surgeonsCredit: University of Missouri A new ...
New giant virus may help scientists better understand the emergence of complex life
Large DNA virus that helps scientists understand the origins of DNA replication and the evolution of complex lifeCredit: © Tokyo ...
Diamonds reveal how continents are stabilized, key to Earth’s habitability
The longevity of Earth's continents in the face of destructive tectonic activity is an essential geologic backdrop for the emergence ...
Researchers trace 3,000 years of monsoons through shell fossils
Credit: Katsura Yamada, Shinshu University, Japan The tiny shells at the bottom of Lake Nakaumi in southwest Japan may contain ...
Holy Pleistocene Batman, the answer’s in the cave
Let's say you wanted to solve a 20,000-year-old mystery, where would you start? Let's say you wanted to solve a ...
Fossil crab reveals a new branch in the tree of life
Credit: Images by Daniel Ocampo R., Vencejo Films, & Javier Luque, Yale University / animation and 3D reconstruction by Alex ...
Study: Infamous ‘death roll’ almost universal among crocodile species
Credit: Credit: Kent Vliet/University of Florida. The iconic "death roll" of alligators and crocodiles may be more common among species ...
Urine salts provide evidence of Early Neolithic animal management
Urine salts elucidate Early Neolithic animal management at A??kl? Höyük, Turkey A close examination of midden soil layers at the ...
These beetles have successfully freeloaded for 100 million years
Ancient beetle infiltrated earliest-known ant colonies like its modern relativesCredit: Caltech Almost 100 million years ago, a tiny and misfortunate ...
Is one toe really better than three? How horse’ legs evolved for travel rather than speed
Palaeobiologists from the University of Bristol and Howard University (USA) have uncovered new evidence that suggests that horses' legs have ...
New evidence suggests volcanoes caused biggest mass extinction ever
Mercury found in ancient rock around the world supports theory that eruptions caused 'Great Dying' 252 million years ago.Credit: Margaret ...
Ancient ‘Texas Serengeti’ had elephant-like animals, rhinos, alligators and more
Credit: The University of Texas at Austin Jackson School of Geosciences During the Great Depression, some unemployed Texans were put ...
New species of early human found in the Philippines
Credit: Lannon Harley, ANU An international team of researchers have uncovered the remains of a new species of human in ...
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