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Published Tiniest ever ancient seawater pockets revealed - Tiniest Ever Ancient Seawater Pockets Revealed: A Breakthrough in Understanding Earth's History


Ancient seawater pockets offer a new source of clues to climate change in vanished oceans and our ow ...
Published Trilobites rise from the ashes to reveal ancient map



Ten newly discovered species of trilobites, hidden for 490 million years in a little-studied part of...
Published New study reveals a long history of violence in ancient hunter-gatherer societies



Violence was a consistent part of life among ancient communities of hunter-gatherers, according to a ...
Published Mesopotamian bricks unveil the strength of Earth's ancient magnetic field



Ancient bricks inscribed with the names of Mesopotamian kings have yielded important insights into a ...
Published Did dementia exist in ancient Greek and Rome?



Did the ancient Greeks and Romans experience Alzheimer's? Medical texts from 2,500 years ago rarely ...
Published Ancient DNA reveals Down syndrome in past human societies



By analysing ancient DNA, an international team of researchers have uncovered cases of chromosomal d ...
Published Ancient giant amphibians swam like crocodiles 250 million years ago - Ancient Giant Amphibians Swam Like Crocodiles 250 Million Years Ago


Ancient 2m-long amphibians swam like crocodiles long before true crocodiles existed, according to a ...
Published Nanoscopic imaging aids in understanding protein, tissue preservation in ancient bones



A pilot study shows that nanoscopic 3-D imaging of ancient bone not only provides further insight in ...
Published Scientists recover an ancient woman's DNA from a 20,000-year-old pendant - Scientists Recover DNA from 20,000-Year-Old Pendant



An international research team has for the first time successfully isolated ancient human DNA from a ...
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


Two-million-year-old DNA has been identified -- opening a 'game-changing' new chapter in the history...
Published Drops of seawater contain traces of an ancient world



New research links chemical changes in seawater to volcanic activity and changes....
Published Ancient people hunted extinct elephants at Tagua Tagua Lake in Chile 12,000 years ago



Thousands of years ago, early hunter-gatherers returned regularly to Tagua Tagua Lake in Chile to hu...
Published Ancient amphibians had their bones cooked - Ancient Amphibians: A Surprising Discovery About Their Bones


Scientists have solved a decades-long mystery as to why ancient tetrapods -- amphibian-like creature ...
Published Ethical ancient DNA research must involve descendant communities, say researchers - Ethical Ancient DNA Research Must Involve Descendant Communities, Say Researchers


The analysis of ancient DNA allows scientists to trace human evolution and make important discoverie ...
Published Bees evolved from ancient supercontinent, diversified faster than suspected



The origin of bees is tens of millions of years older than most previous estimates, a new study show...
Published Ancient DNA reveals an early African origin of Cattle in the Americas



Using ancient DNA, researchers have determined cattle were imported from Africa to the Americas much ...
Published Research in Lake Superior reveals how sulfur might have cycled in Earth's ancient oceans



A scientists has sulfur on her mind. The yellow element is a vital macronutrient, and she's trying t...
Published Ancient sea monster remains reveal oldest mega-predatory pliosaur



The fossils of a 170-million-year-old ancient marine reptile from the Age of Dinosaurs have been ide ...
Published Ancient metal cauldrons give us clues about what people ate in the Bronze Age



Archaeologists have long been drawing conclusions about how ancient tools were used by the people wh ...
Published Researchers extract ancient DNA from a 2,900-year-old clay brick, revealing a time capsule of plant life



For the first time, a group of researchers have successfully extracted ancient DNA from a 2,900-year ...