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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 DNA sequence enhances understanding origins of jaws - DNA Sequence Enhances Understanding Origins of Jaws
(via sciencedaily.com) Researchers have discovered and characterized a DNA sequence found in jawed vertebrates, such as sha...
Published Archaeologists uncover early evidence of brain surgery in Ancient Near East - Archaeologists Uncover Early Evidence of Brain Surgery in Ancient Near East
(via sciencedaily.com) A recent excavation in Megiddo, Israel, unearthed the earliest example of a particular type of crani...
Published Oldest fossil human footprints in North America confirmed
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source New research reaffirms that human footprints found in White Sands National Park, NM, date to the Las...
Published Smilodon's sabre teeth - Smilodon's Sabre Teeth: The Evolution and Function of the Iconic Predator's Most Famous Feature
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source Researchers have tested the biting efficiency of Smilodon, an extinct species of carnivore close to...
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 Evolution's recipe book: How 'copy paste' errors cooked up the animal kingdom
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source A series of whole genome and gene duplication events that go back hundreds of millions of years have...
Published New tusk-analysis techniques reveal surging testosterone in male woolly mammoths - New Tusk-Analysis Techniques Reveal Surging Testosterone in Male Woolly Mammoths
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source Traces of sex hormones extracted from a woolly mammoth's tusk provide the first direct evidence that...
Published Scientists unlock secrets of how archaea, the third domain of life, makes energy
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source An international scientific team has redefined our understanding of archaea, a microbial ancestor to...
Published Half a billion-year-old spiny slug reveals the origins of mollusks
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source Exceptional fossils with preserved soft parts reveal that the earliest mollusks were flat, armored s...
Published Discovering the physics behind 300-year-old firefighting methods
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source Inspired by a 1725 fire engine that pumped water at larger distances and higher speeds than previous...
Published The Viking disease can be due to gene variants inherited from Neanderthals - The Viking Disease: Gene Variants Inherited from Neanderthals
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source Many men in northern Europe over the age of 60 suffer from the so-called Viking disease, which means...
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 Iron-rich rocks unlock new insights into Earth's planetary history - Iron-rich Rocks Unlock New Insights into Earth's Planetary History
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source A new study suggests iron-rich ancient sediments may have helped cause some of the largest volcanic...
Published Ancient amphibians had their bones cooked - Ancient Amphibians: A Surprising Discovery About Their Bones
(via sciencedaily.com) Scientists have solved a decades-long mystery as to why ancient tetrapods -- amphibian-like creature...
Published Discovery of world's oldest DNA breaks record by one million years - Discovery of World's Oldest DNA Breaks Record by One Million Years
(via sciencedaily.com) Two-million-year-old DNA has been identified -- opening a 'game-changing' new chapter in the history...
Published Fossil site reveals giant arthropods dominated the seas 470 million years ago - Fossil Site Reveals Giant Arthropods Dominated the Seas 470 Million Years Ago
(via sciencedaily.com) Discoveries at a major new fossil site in Morocco suggest giant arthropods -- relatives of modern cr...
Published Codebreakers crack secrets of Mary Queen of Scots' lost letters - Codebreakers Crack Secrets of Mary Queen of Scots' Lost Letters
(via sciencedaily.com) Secret, coded letters penned by Mary Queen of Scots while she was imprisoned in England by her cousi...
Published Brain circuits for locomotion evolved long before appendages and skeletons - Brain Circuits for Locomotion Evolved Long Before Appendages and Skeletons
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source Scientists found parallels between the neural circuitry that guides locomotion in sea slugs and in m...
Published Megadrought: How the current Southwestern North American megadrought is affecting Earth's upper atmosphere - Megadrought: How the Current Southwestern North American Megadrought is Affecting Earth's Upper Atmosphere
(via sciencedaily.com) New research, based on two decades' worth of data, shows that in the ten years after its onset in 20...