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May 3, 2024
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Apr. 29, 2024 — It has long been thought that meat played an important role in the diet of hunter-gatherers before the Neolithic transition. However, due to the scarcity of well-preserved human remains from Paleolithic sites, little information exists about the ...
Apr. 29, 2024 — Dinosaurs were likely as smart as reptiles but not as intelligent as ...
Apr. 17, 2024 — The fossilized remains of a second gigantic jawbone measuring more than two meters long has been found on a beach in Somerset, ...
Apr. 15, 2024 — A series of whole genome and gene duplication events that go back hundreds of millions of years have laid the foundations for tissue-specific gene expression, according to a new study. The ...
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May 3, 2024 — Land plants cover the surface of our planet and often tower over us. They form complex bodies with multiple organs that consist of a broad range of cell types. Developing this morphological ...
May 3, 2024 — Researchers uncovered compelling evidence that Earth's magnetic field was in a highly unusual state when the macroscopic animals of the Ediacaran Period -- 635 to 541 million years ago -- diversified ...
May 3, 2024 — Evidence from archaeological sites in the medieval English city of Winchester shows that English red squirrels once served as an important host for ...
May 1, 2024 — A new documentary has recreated the face of a 75,000-year-old female Neanderthal whose flattened skull was discovered and rebuilt from hundreds of ...
Apr. 30, 2024 — Scientists have applied a dynamic model of the landscape to patterns of human migration into Sahul, the combined continent of Australia, Tasmania and ...
May 1, 2024 — Amazonia is the home of the largest variety of birds in the world. In such a unique environment, craft cultures have flourished by translating the beauty and creativity of environmental materials ...
May 1, 2024 — Researchers have provided new age estimates and revised provenance information for the Liujiang human fossils, shedding light on the presence of Homo ...
Apr. 30, 2024 — Researchers have unveiled evidence for ancient human resilience to climate change in the Eastern ...
Apr. 30, 2024 — The link between massive flood basalt volcanism and the end-Triassic (201 million years ago) mass-extinction is commonly accepted. However, exactly how volcanism led to the collapse of ecosystems and ...
Apr. 29, 2024 — How did North America's saber-toothed cats hunt without breaking their unwieldy saber-like canines, which are vulnerable to sideways bending stresses? A paleontologist provides mechanical evidence ...
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Apr. 29, 2024 — A bright yellow pigment favored a century ago by Impressionists such as Matisse and Van Gogh is losing its luster. Researchers have developed a laser imaging technique that can detect the first tiny ...
Apr. 26, 2024 — Using environmental DNA analysis, an international team of researchers identified a collection of plants used in ceremonial rituals in the ancient Maya city of Yaxnohcah in Mexico. The plants, known ...
Apr. 25, 2024 — 'Bookworm' is a cute thing to call a voracious reader, but actual bookworms -- as well as microorganisms and time -- break down the flour pastes commonly used to keep old publications in ...
Apr. 24, 2024 — Oncorhynchus rastrosus, a giant species of salmon that lived in the North American Pacific Northwest a few million years ago, sported a pair of front teeth that projected out from the sides of its ...
Apr. 24, 2024 — The emergence in the Neolithic of patrilineal social systems, in which children are affiliated with their father's lineage, may explain a spectacular decline in the genetic diversity of the Y ...
Apr. 24, 2024 — A new study has recovered a 3.7-billion-year-old record of Earth's magnetic field, and found that it appears remarkably similar to the field surrounding Earth ...
Apr. 24, 2024 — A multidisciplinary research team has combined ancient DNA data with a clear archaeological, anthropological and historical context to reconstruct the social dynamics of Avar-period steppe descent ...
Apr. 24, 2024 — Researchers explain the genomic and developmental basis of the patagium, the thin skin membrane that allows some mammalian species to soar through the ...
Apr. 23, 2024 — Bioluminescence first evolved in animals at least 540 million years ago in a group of marine invertebrates called octocorals, according to the results of a new study. The study focuses on an ancient ...
Apr. 23, 2024 — Palaeontologists have solved a hundred-year-old mystery of how some fossil frogs preserve their fleshy parts -- it's all down to their skin. Palaeontologists studied 45-million-year-old fossil ...
Apr. 22, 2024 — Letters written by the famous mountaineer George Mallory have been made available to a global audience for the first time, in the centenary year of his fatal attempt to scale ...
Apr. 19, 2024 — The Dura-Europos site in modern-day Syria is famous for its exceptional state of preservation. Like Pompeii, this ancient city has yielded many great discoveries, and serves as a window into the ...
Apr. 18, 2024 — The origin of life continues to remain a matter of debate. The ribonucleic acid (RNA) world hypothesis proposes that 'ribozymes' which store genetic information and possess catalytic ...
Apr. 17, 2024 — New research has highlighted an area in Arabia that once acted as a key point for cultural exchanges and trades amongst ancient people -- and it all took place in vast caves and lava tubes that have ...
Apr. 17, 2024 — A detailed reconstruction of climate during the most recent ice age, when a large swath of North America was covered in ice, provides information on the relationship between CO2 and global ...
Apr. 17, 2024 — Mountain chickadees have among the best spatial memory in the animal kingdom. New research identifies the genes at play and offers insight into how a shifting climate may impact the evolution of this ...
Apr. 17, 2024 — Marine communities migrated to Antarctica during the Earth's warmest period in 66 million years long before a mass-extinction ...
Apr. 17, 2024 — Researchers have identified a variant in the gene TBX1 as key in the development of the unique morphology at the base of the skull. TBX1 is present at higher levels in humans than in closely related ...
Apr. 17, 2024 — Competition between species played a major role in the rise and fall of hominins -- and produced a 'bizarre' evolutionary pattern for the Homo lineage -- according to a new study that ...
Apr. 17, 2024 — Researchers have shown that an Amazonian butterfly is a hybrid species, formed by two other species breeding together almost 200,000 years ago. Researchers have shown that an Amazonian butterfly is a ...
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Wednesday, April 24, 2024
- These Giant, Prehistoric Salmon Had Tusk-Like Teeth
- Social Change May Explain Decline in Genetic Diversity of the Y Chromosome at the End of the Neolithic Period
- Researchers Find Oldest Undisputed Evidence of Earth's Magnetic Field
- Decoding Avar Society
- Scientists Unveil Genetics Behind Development of Gliding
Tuesday, April 23, 2024
- Bioluminescence First Evolved in Animals at Least 540 Million Years Ago
- Fossil Frogs Share Their Skincare Secrets
Monday, April 22, 2024
Friday, April 19, 2024
Thursday, April 18, 2024
Wednesday, April 17, 2024
- First Evidence of Human Occupation in Lava Tube Cave in Saudi Arabia
- Ice Age Climate Analysis Reduces Worst-Case Warming Expected from Rising CO2
- Mountain Chickadees Have Remarkable Memories. A New Study Explains Why
- Marine Plankton Behavior Could Predict Future Marine Extinctions
- Genetic Variant Identified That Shaped the Human Skull Base
- Interspecies Competition Led to Even More Forms of Ancient Human -- Defying Evolutionary Trends in Vertebrates
- New Butterfly Species Created 200,000 Years Ago by Two Species Interbreeding
Tuesday, April 16, 2024
- Seed Ferns: Plants Experimented With Complex Leaf Vein Networks 201 Million Years Ago
- Newly Sequenced Genome Reveals Coffee's Prehistoric Origin Story -- And Its Future Under Climate Change
Monday, April 15, 2024
- Even the Simplest Marine Organisms Tend to Be Individualistic
- Digging Up New Species of Australia and New Guinea's Giant Fossil Kangaroos
Friday, April 12, 2024
Thursday, April 11, 2024
Wednesday, April 10, 2024
- Pacific Cities Much Older Than Previously Thought
- The Hidden Role of the Milky Way in Ancient Egyptian Mythology
- 3D Mouth of an Ancient Jawless Fish Suggests They Were Filter-Feeders, Not Scavengers or Hunters
- The Evolving Attitudes of Gen X Toward Evolution
Tuesday, April 9, 2024
- Birdfeeders Are Designed to Keep Unwanted Guests Away
- Humans Can Increase Biodiversity, Archaeological Study Shows
- Do Some Mysterious Bones Belong to Gigantic Ichthyosaurs?
Monday, April 8, 2024
- Early Medieval Money Mystery Solved
- Toothed Whale Echolocation Organs Evolved from Jaw Muscles
- Climate Change Threatens Antarctic Meteorites
Friday, April 5, 2024
- In the Evolution of Walking, the Hip Bone Connected to the Rib Bones
- Dinosaur Study Challenges Bergmann's Rule
Thursday, April 4, 2024
- Finds at Schöningen Show Wood Was Crucial Raw Material 300,000 Years Ago
- Britain Began Industrializing in the 17th Century -- Over a 100 Years Earlier Than History Books Claim
- Tracing the Largest Solar Storm in Modern Times from Tree Rings in Lapland
- Heat Flows the Secret to Order in Prebiotic Molecular Kitchen
Wednesday, April 3, 2024
Tuesday, April 2, 2024
- New Step in Tectonic Squeeze That Turns Seafloor Into Mountains
- Last Chance to Record Archaic Greek Language 'heading for Extinction'
- When Did the Chicken Cross the Road? New Evidence from Central Asia
- Australia on Track for Unprecedented, Decades-Long Megadroughts
Monday, April 1, 2024
- Canada Lynx Historic Range in US Likely Wider Than Previously Thought
- Mosquito Detectives Track Malaria's History
Thursday, March 28, 2024
- Ancient DNA Reveals the Appearance of a 6th Century Chinese Emperor
- DNA Study IDs Descendants of George Washington from Unmarked Remains, Findings to Aid Service Member IDs Going Back to World War II
Wednesday, March 27, 2024
- Milk on Ice: Antarctic Time Capsule of Whole Milk Powder Sheds Light on the Enduring Qualities--and Evolution--of Dairy Products Past and Present
- Evolution of the Most Powerful Ocean Current on Earth
Tuesday, March 26, 2024
Monday, March 25, 2024
- Uncovering the Mystery of Dorset's Cerne Giant
- Persian Plateau Unveiled as Crucial Hub for Early Human Migration out of Africa
- New Archive of Ancient Human Brains Challenges Misconceptions of Soft Tissue Preservation
Friday, March 22, 2024
- Natural Recycling at the Origin of Life
- Enormous Ice Loss from Greenland Glacier
- Scientists Uncover Evidence That Microplastics Are Contaminating Archaeological Remains
- Research Uncovers a Rare Resin Fossil Find: A Spider That Aspires to Be an Ant
- Tudor Era Horse Cemetery in Westminster Revealed as Likely Resting Place for Elite Imported Animals
Thursday, March 21, 2024
- Rays Were More Diverse 150 Million Years Ago Than Previously Thought
- New Geological Study: Scandinavia Was Born in Greenland
- Researchers Name Prehistoric Amphibian Ancestor Discovered in Smithsonian Collection After Kermit the Frog
Wednesday, March 20, 2024
- The First Neolithic Boats in the Mediterranean
- Ancient Giant Dolphin Discovered in the Amazon
- Toba Supereruption Unveils New Insights Into Early Human Migration
- Across Oceans and Millennia: Decoding the Origin and History of the Bottle Gourd
- Study Reveals 'cozy Domesticity' Of Prehistoric Stilt-House Dwellers in England's Ancient Marshland
- Sea Surface Temperature Research Provides Clear Evidence of Human-Caused Climate Change
Monday, March 18, 2024
- Tanks of the Triassic: New Crocodile Ancestor Identified
- Harnessing Hydrogen at Life's Origin
- A Wetter World Recorded in Australian Coral Colony
Wednesday, March 13, 2024
Tuesday, March 12, 2024
- Alaska Dinosaur Tracks Reveal a Lush, Wet Environment
- Higher Carnivorous Dinosaur Biodiversity of Famous Kem Kem Beds, Morocco
- Gene Flow in Giraffes and What It Means for Their Conservation
Friday, March 8, 2024
Thursday, March 7, 2024
- New Study Reveals Insight Into Which Animals Are Most Vulnerable to Extinction Due to Climate Change
- Rock Weathering and Climate: Low-Relief Mountain Ranges Are Largest Carbon Sinks
- Earth's Earliest Forest Revealed in Somerset Fossils
- Lost Tombs and Quarries Rediscovered on British Military Base in Cyprus
Wednesday, March 6, 2024
Tuesday, March 5, 2024
- Fossils of Giant Sea Lizard With Dagger-Like Teeth Show How Our Oceans Have Fundamentally Changed Since the Dinosaur Era
- Fossil Named 'Attenborough's Strange Bird' Was the First in Its Kind Without Teeth
Monday, March 4, 2024
- Modeling the Origins of Life: New Evidence for an 'RNA World'
- An Evolutionary Mystery 125 Million Years in the Making
Friday, March 1, 2024
- Glacier Shrinkage Is Causing a 'green Transition'
- Researchers Create Method to Detect Cases of Anemia in Archaeological Remains
Thursday, February 29, 2024
- Scientists ID Burned Bodies Using Technique Used for Extracting DNA from Woolly Mammoths, Neanderthals
- Mercury Rising: Study Sheds New Light on Ancient Volcanoes' Environmental Impact
- Microbial Viruses Act as Secret Drivers of Climate Change
- Slimming Down a Colossal Fossil Whale
- How First Cells Could Have Formed on Earth