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Published An unlikely hero in evolution: Worms
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source One of Earth's most consequential bursts of biodiversity -- a 30-million-year period of explosive ev...
Published Archaeologists discover oldest known bead in the Americas
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source The bead found at the La Prele Mammoth site in Wyoming's Converse County is about 12,940 years old a...
Published The world's oldest wine discovered
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source A white wine over 2,000 years old, of Andalusian origin, is the oldest wine ever discovered....
Published Florida fossil porcupine solves a prickly dilemma 10-million years in the making
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source An exceptionally rare fossilized porcupine skeleton discovered in Florida has allowed researchers to...
Published Rethinking the dodo
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source Researchers are setting out to challenge our misconceptions about the Dodo, one of the most well-kno...
Published Earth's earliest forest revealed in Somerset fossils
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source The oldest fossilized forest known on Earth -- dating from 390 million years ago -- has been found i...
Published Paleontology: New fossil fish genus discovered
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source Paleontologists have identified a new genus of fossil goby, revealing evolutionary secrets of a line...
Published Ancient large kangaroo moved mainly on four legs, according to new research
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source A type of extinct kangaroo that lived during the Pleistocene around two and a half million to ten th...
Published Why do plants wiggle? New study provides answers
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source Decades after his voyage on the HMS Beagle, Charles Darwin became fascinated by why plants move as t...
Published Human shoulders and elbows first evolved as brakes for climbing apes
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source Researchers report that the flexible shoulders and elbows that allow us to throw a football or reach...
Published The other paleo diet: Rare discovery of dinosaur remains preserved with its last meal - The Other Paleo Diet: Rare Discovery of Dinosaur Remains Preserved with Its Last Meal
(via sciencedaily.com) Microraptor was an opportunistic predator, feeding on fish, birds, lizards -- and now small mammals....
Published 319-million-year-old fish preserves the earliest fossilized brain of a backboned animal - 319-Million-Year-Old Fish Preserves the Earliest Fossilized Brain of a Backboned Animal
(via sciencedaily.com) The CT-scanned skull of a 319-million-year-old fossilized fish, pulled from a coal mine in England m...
Published 1,700-year-old spider monkey remains discovered in Teotihuacán, Mexico - 1,700-Year-Old Spider Monkey Remains Discovered in Teotihuacán, Mexico
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source The complete skeletal remains of a spider monkey -- seen as an exotic curiosity in pre-Hispanic Mexi...
Published Giants of the Jurassic seas were twice the size of a killer whale - Giants of the Jurassic Seas Were Twice the Size of a Killer Whale
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source There have been heated debates over the size of Jurassic animals. The speculation was set to continu ...
Published Welsh 'weird wonder' fossils add piece to puzzle of arthropod evolution - Welsh 'Weird Wonder' Fossils Add Piece to Puzzle of Arthropod Evolution
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source International team of researchers describe new fossil species discovered in fossil deposit near Llan...
Published Paleontologists identify two new species of sabertooth cat
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source Sabertooth cats make up a diverse group of long-toothed predators that roamed Africa around 6-7 mill...
Published Why there are no kangaroos in Bali (and no tigers in Australia)
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source Researchers are using a new model to clarify why millions of years ago more animal species from Asia ...
Published Prehistoric fish fills 100 million year gap in evolution of the skull
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source X-rays of an ancient jawless fish shows earliest-known example of internal cartilage skull, unlike t...
Published Mummified mice discovered atop sky-high Andean volcanoes
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source Scientists have uncovered 13 mummified cadavers of mice from the summits of Andean volcanoes that st...
Published New species of mosasaur named for Norse sea serpent
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source Scientists have discovered a new species of mosasaur, large, carnivorous aquatic lizards that lived...