July 5, 2016 — A new reconstruction of Antarctic ocean temperatures around the time the dinosaurs disappeared 66 million years ago supports the idea that one of the planet's biggest mass extinctions was due to ...
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July 5, 2016 — The woman was laid on a bed of specially selected materials, including gazelle horn cores, fragments of chalk, fresh clay, limestone blocks and sediment. Tortoise shells were placed under and around ...
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July 5, 2016 — The first-ever record of a tumourous facial swelling found in a fossil has been discovered in the jaw of the dwarf dinosaur <em>Telmatosaurus transsylvanicus</em>, a type of primitive ...
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June 30, 2016 — Evolution follows the path of least resistance, which can result in suboptimal physical traits that don't ideally match the functional need, according to a new ...
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June 29, 2016 — Astronomers are exploring what might be described as the first astronomical observing tool, potentially used by prehistoric humans 6,000 years ago. They suggest that the long, narrow entrance ...
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June 29, 2016 — Crucial new evidence has revealed modern humans (Homo sapiens) were likely using fire at Liang Bua 41,000 years ago, narrowing the time gap between the last hobbits (Homo floresiensis) and the first ...
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June 28, 2016 — Our ancestors evolved three times faster in the 10 million years after the extinction of the dinosaurs than in the previous 80 million years, according to researchers. The team found the speed of ...
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June 28, 2016 — There have been several mass extinctions in the history of the earth with adverse consequences for the environment. Researchers have now uncovered another disaster that took place around 250 million ...
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June 27, 2016 — Geologists trace Mercury's origins to weird, rare meteorite, and find planet cooled dramatically shortly after it ...
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June 27, 2016 — A new study of the 37,000-year old remains of the 'Deep Skull' -- the oldest modern human discovered in island South-East Asia -- has revealed this ancient person was not related to ...
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June 24, 2016 — Those who go to a masked ball consciously slip into a different role, in order to avoid being recognized. Insects were already doing something very similar in the Cretaceous: They cloaked themselves ...
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June 24, 2016 — The potential evolutionary link between hairs in mammals, feathers in birds and scales in reptiles has been debated for decades. Today, researchers demonstrate that all these skin appendages are ...
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June 24, 2016 — Earth's ancient magnetic field was significantly different than the present day field, originating from several poles rather than the familiar two, new research suggests. Then, shortly after our ...
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June 24, 2016 — Researchers are excavating human remains from caves in Palawan Island in the Philippines to learn more about the diversity of burial and other cultural practices over the past 10,000 ...
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June 23, 2016 — With the help of University of Alberta scientists, a newly described pterosaur has finally flown home. This spectacular fossil material was discovered in a private Lebanese limestone quarry more than ...
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June 22, 2016 — Though mammals adapted on land, a new study has shown that during three major independent evolutionary events, a number of mammals hearkened back to the ...
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June 22, 2016 — A major climate event millions of years ago that caused substantial change to the ocean’s ecological systems may hold clues as to how the Earth will respond to future climate change, a researcher ...
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June 22, 2016 — An international team of researchers has discovered the oldest fossil evidence of agriculture, not by humans, but by ...
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June 22, 2016 — By scanning the fossil remains of mammal-like reptiles from the Karoo of South Africa, scientists have found that these reptiles, called therapsids, may have evolved hair, and the use of whiskers as ...
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June 22, 2016 — Few might seek insights on Middle Eastern conflict or modern poverty in records of the Ottoman empire. Yet when an economist combed through centuries-old court documents, he made a surprising ...
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Higher Consumption of Unsaturated Fats Linked With Lower Mortality Rates
New Clues Could Help Scientists Harness the Power of Photosynthesis
Lush Venus? Searing Earth? It Could Have Happened
Flipping Crystals Triples Solar-Cell Performance
Metals from Cigarette Butts May Pose Potential Threat to Marine Environment
Warming Pulses in Ancient Climate Record Link Volcanoes, Asteroid Impact and Dinosaur-Killing Mass Extinction
Cannibalism Among Late Neanderthals in Northern Europe
A 6,000 Year Old Telescope Without a Lens: Prehistoric Tombs Enhanced Astronomical Viewing
Analysis of Anatomy and Diet Finds Evolution Follows Least Resistant Path
Blue-Eyed Humans Have a Single, Common Ancestor
Tiny Bacteria-Powered 'Windfarm' for Your Phone?
The Debut of a Robotic Stingray, Powered by Light-Activated Rat Cells
Robot Helps Study How First Land Animals Moved 360 Million Years Ago
Like Humans, Lowly Cockroach Uses a GPS to Get Around, Scientists Find
Ostrich Relative Lived in North America About 50 Million Years Ago
In Times of Great Famine, Microalgae Digest Themselves
Humans Artificially Drive Evolution of New Species
The Secret to an Oesia Life: Prehistoric Worm Built Tube-Like 'Houses' on Sea Floor
Infant Bodies Were 'Prized' by 19th Century Anatomists, Study Suggests
Fire Discovery Sheds New Light on 'Hobbit' Demise