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Published Bioluminescence first evolved in animals at least 540 million years ago
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source Bioluminescence first evolved in animals at least 540 million years ago in a group of marine inverte ...
Published Long-distance weaponry identified at the 31,000-year-old archaeological site of Maisières-Canal
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source The hunter-gatherers who settled on the banks of the Haine, a river in southern Belgium, 31,000 year ...
Published Sharks have depleted functional diversity compared to the last 66 million years
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source New research has found that sharks retained high levels of functional diversity for most of the last...
Published Fossil feces infested with parasites from over 200 million years ago
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source Fossilized feces preserve evidence of ancient parasites that infected an aquatic predator over 200 m...
Published Caribou have been using same Arctic calving grounds for 3,000 years - Caribou Have Been Using the Same Arctic Calving Grounds for 3,000 Years
(via sciencedaily.com) Caribou have been using the same Arctic calving grounds for more than 3,000 years. Female caribou sh ...
Published Fossil discovery in storeroom cupboard shifts origin of modern lizard back 35 million years - Fossil Discovery in Storeroom Cupboard Shifts Origin of Modern Lizard Back 35 Million Years
(via sciencedaily.com) A specimen retrieved from a cupboard of the Natural History Museum in London has shown that modern l...
Published Butterfly and moth genomes mostly unchanged despite 250 million years of evolution
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source Comparison of over 200 high-quality butterfly and moth genomes reveals key insights into their biolo...
Published Researchers extract ancient DNA from a 2,900-year-old clay brick, revealing a time capsule of plant life
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source For the first time, a group of researchers have successfully extracted ancient DNA from a 2,900-year ...
Published No bones about it: 100-million-year-old bones reveal new species of pterosaur
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source New research has identified 100-million-year-old fossilized bones discovered in western Queensland a ...
Published First 'warm-blooded' dinosaurs may have emerged 180 million years ago
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source The ability to regulate body temperature, a trait all mammals and birds have today, may have evolved...
Published Dinosaurs were on the up before asteroid downfall - Dinosaurs were on the Up Before Asteroid Downfall
(via sciencedaily.com) Dinosaurs dominated the world right up until a deadly asteroid hit the earth, leading to their mass...
Published Study uncovers hundred-year lifespans for three freshwater fish species in the Arizona desert
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source New study finds some of the oldest animals in the world living in a place you wouldn't expect: fishe...
Published French love letters confiscated by Britain finally read after 265 years
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source Over 100 letters sent to French sailors by their fianc es, wives, parents and siblings -- but never...
Published 75,000-year-old female Neanderthal from cave where species buried their dead
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source A new documentary has recreated the face of a 75,000-year-old female Neanderthal whose flattened sku ...
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 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 Finds at Schöningen show wood was crucial raw material 300,000 years ago
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source During archaeological excavations in the Schoningen open-cast coal mine in 1994, the discovery of th...
Published Entomologist sheds light on 250-year-old mystery of the German cockroach
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source Entomologists have solved the 250-year-old origin puzzle of the most prevalent indoor urban pest ins ...
Published The encounter between Neanderthals and Sapiens as told by their genomes
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source About 40,000 years ago, Neanderthals, who had lived for hundreds of thousands of years in the wester ...
Published Utah's Bonneville Salt Flats has long been in flux
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source It has been long assumed that Utah's Bonneville Salt Flats was formed as its ancient namesake lake d...