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Showing posts with label Paleontology. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Paleontology. Show all posts
Wednesday, April 3, 2024

In the evolution of walking, the hip bone connected to the rib bones

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New reconstruction of the skeleton of Tiktaalik roseae, a 375-million-year-old fossil fish. In a new study, researchers used micro-CT imagin...
Monday, March 25, 2024

Persian plateau unveiled as crucial hub for early human migration out of Africa

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Pebdeh Cave located in the southern Zagros Mountains. Pebdeh was occupied by hunter-gatherers as early as 42,000 years ago. Photo Credit: Mo...
Sunday, March 24, 2024

Research uncovers a rare resin fossil find: A spider that aspires to be an ant

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Ant-mimicking spider in fossilized resin Photo Credit: George Poinar Jr / Oregon State University Arachnophobia can make humans flee at the ...
Thursday, March 21, 2024

Rays were more diverse 150 million years ago than previously thought

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Aellopobatis bavarica: The newly discovered species, complete fossils are only known from Germany. This species is also the largest species ...
Friday, February 23, 2024

Killer instinct drove evolution of mammals’ predatory ancestors

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Inostrancevia, a more advanced predatory synapsid and one of the first sabertoothed carnivores, from the late Permian (~259-252 Million year...
Monday, February 12, 2024

Ancient air-breathing fish comes to surface

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Life reconstruction of Harajicadectes zhumini, a 40 cm long lobe-finned fish that is not too distantly related to the fishes that gave rise ...
Wednesday, December 20, 2023

Insects already had a variety of defense strategies in the Cretaceous

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Larva of a wedge-shaped beetle in amber, which could have lived inside other insects like its modern counterparts.  Image Credit: © Carolin ...
Friday, December 15, 2023

Deadly chicken disease: ancient DNA reveals evolution of virulence

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With the increase in poultry farming, Marek's disease virus evolved Photo Credit: Heidi-Ann Fourkiller Using genetic analyses, an intern...
Wednesday, December 13, 2023

This Japanese ‘dragon’ terrorized ancient seas

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UC Associate Professor Takuya Konishi is an expert on ancient marine reptiles such as mosasaurs.  Photo Credit: Joseph Fuqua II/UC Researche...
Tuesday, November 7, 2023

‘Neglected’ Dinosaur Had Super Senses

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A family of Thescelosaurus emerges from safety to forage in the forests of the Hell Creek Formation, 66 million years ago. Illustration Cred...
Friday, October 13, 2023

Boom in “ice ivory” trade of mammoth tusks presents new threat to elephants and environment

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A new study warns the close similarities between the tusks of elephants and mammoths poses threats to conservation and environment efforts C...
Thursday, October 5, 2023

New type of tiny wasp comes with mysterious, cloud-like structures at ends of antennae

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Fossil researchers have discovered a novel genus and species of tiny wasp with a mysterious, bulbous structure at the end of each antenna. P...

Feather-tailed possums in New Guinea were originally Aussies: fossil study

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The New Guinean feather-tailed possum, Distoechurus pennatus, never developed gliding. Photo Credit: UNSW Sydney Scientists have long known ...
Wednesday, June 14, 2023

Paleontologists Discovered Unique Remains of Paleogene Reptiles in the Urals

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Rare remains have been found in the Sverdlovsk and Kurgan Regions Photo Credit: Courtesy of Ural Federal University At the river Miass (Kurg...
Tuesday, June 13, 2023

First side-necked turtle ever discovered in UK

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The fossil was found on a National Trust beach on the Isle of Wight Photo Credit: Courtesy of University of Portsmouth The first side-necked...

Dynamic plants: Origin and geographic evolution of cycads clarified

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The African cycad Encephalartos altensteinii Lehm is widely cultivated in botanical gardens around Europe (like this one in the Botanical Ga...
Friday, June 9, 2023

Ancient herbivore’s diet weakened teeth leading to eventual starvation

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Reconstruction of the rhynchosaur Bentonyx from the Middle Triassic of Devon, about 245 million years ago. Illustration Credit: Reconstructi...
Wednesday, June 7, 2023

New Dino, ‘Iani,’ Was Face of a Changing Planet

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Illustration Credit: Jorge Gonzalez ( CC BY-NC 4.0 ) A newly discovered plant-eating dinosaur may have been a species’ “last gasp” during a ...
Thursday, May 18, 2023

Fossil of mosasaur with bizarre “screwdriver teeth” found in Morocco

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The strange ridges on the teeth indicate a specialised feeding strategy, however its diet remains a mystery. Photo Credit: Dr Nick Longrich ...
Wednesday, May 10, 2023

Giants of the Jurassic seas were twice the size of a killer whale

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An artist’s impression of the pliosaur Illustration Credit: Megan Jacobs, University of Portsmouth Over 20 years ago, the BBC’s "Walkin...