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Published Surprisingly vibrant color of 12-million-year-old snail shells
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source Snail shells are often colorful and strikingly patterned. This is due to pigments that are produced...
Published Dishing the dirt on human evolution: Why scientific techniques matter in archaeology
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source Scientists should seek answers hidden in the dirt using proven and state-of-the-art archaeological s...
Published Birds set foot near South Pole in Early Cretaceous, Australian tracks show
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source The discovery of 27 avian footprints on the southern Australia coast -- dating back to the Early Cre ...
Published Smallest arm bone in human fossil record sheds light on the dawn of Homo floresiensis
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source A new study reports the discovery of extremely rare early human fossils from the Indonesian island o ...
Published 'Missing' early sea sponges discovered
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source Geobiologists reported a 550 million-year-old sea sponge that had been missing from the fossil recor...
Published Curators and cavers: How a tip from a citizen scientist led to deep discoveries in Utah's caves
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source Scientists and colleagues from Utah's caving community have published the first research from their...
Published Insect bite marks show first fossil evidence for plants' leaves folding up at night - Insect Bite Marks Reveal Fossil Evidence of Plants Folding Up at Night
(via sciencedaily.com) Plants can move in ways that might surprise you. Some of them even show 'sleep movements,' folding o...
Published These long-necked reptiles were decapitated by their predators, fossil evidence confirms - These Long-Necked Reptiles Were Decapitated by Their Predators, Fossil Evidence Confirms
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source In the age of dinosaurs, many marine reptiles had extremely long necks compared to reptiles today. W...
Published Mummified crocodiles provide insights into mummy-making over time - Mummified Crocodiles: Insights into the Evolution of Mummy-Making
(via sciencedaily.com) Crocodiles were mummified in a unique way at the Egyptian site of Qubbat al-Hawa during the 5th Cent...
Published Geneticists discover hidden 'whole genome duplication' that may explain why some species survived mass extinctions - Geneticists Discover Hidden 'Whole Genome Duplication' That May Explain Why Some Species Survived Mass Extinctions
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source Geneticists have unearthed a major event in the ancient history of sturgeons and paddlefish that has...
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 New details of Tully monster revealed - New Details of Tully Monster Revealed
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source For more than half a century, the Tully monster (Tullimonstrum gregarium), an enigmatic animal that...
Published Earth's first plants likely to have been branched - Earth's First Plants Likely to Have Been Branched
(via sciencedaily.com) A new discovery changes ideas about the origin of branching in plants. ABSTRACT: Earth's First Plant ...
Published Pacific kelp forests are far older that we thought
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source Fossils of kelp along the Pacific Coast are rare. Until now, the oldest fossil dated from 14 million...
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 South Africa, India and Australia shared similar volcanic activity 3.5 billion years ago - South Africa, India and Australia Shared Similar Volcanic Activity 3.5 Billion Years Ago
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source The Daitari greenstone belt shares a similar geologic make-up when compared to the greenstones expos...
Published A new species of extinct crocodile relative rewrites life on the Triassic coastline
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source The surprising discovery of a new species of extinct crocodile relative from the Triassic Favret For ...
Published New geosciences study shows Triassic fossils that reveal origins of living amphibians - New Geosciences Study Shows Triassic Fossils That Reveal Origins of Living Amphibians
(via sciencedaily.com) A team of paleontologists have discovered the first 'unmistakable' Triassic-era caecilian fossil --...
Published Immune system of modern Papuans shaped by DNA from ancient Denisovans, study finds - Immune System of Modern Papuans Shaped by DNA from Ancient Denisovans, Study Finds
(via sciencedaily.com) Modern Papuans' immune system likely evolved with a little help from the Denisovans, a mysterious hu...
Published Fossils of a saber-toothed top predator reveal a scramble for dominance leading up to 'the Great Dying' - Fossils of a Saber-Toothed Top Predator Reveal a Scramble for Dominance Leading up to 'the Great Dying'
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source A tiger-sized saber-toothed creature called Inostrancevia has previously only been found in Russia....