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Published Mesopotamian bricks unveil the strength of Earth's ancient magnetic field
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source Ancient bricks inscribed with the names of Mesopotamian kings have yielded important insights into a...
Published Did dementia exist in ancient Greek and Rome?
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source 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
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source By analysing ancient DNA, an international team of researchers have uncovered cases of chromosomal d...
Published Unknown animals were leaving bird-like footprints in Late Triassic Southern Africa
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source Ancient animals were walking around on bird-like feet over 210 million years ago, according to a new...
Published Dinosaur study challenges Bergmann's rule
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source A new study calls into question Bergmann's rule, an 1800s-era scientific principle stating that anim...
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 Almonds, pottery, wood help date famed Kyrenia shipwreck
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source Researchers have identified the likeliest timeline of the famous Hellenistic-era Kyrenia shipwreck,...
Published Tiny roundworms carve out unique parasitic niche inside pseudoscorpion's protective covering
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source In a parasitic first, a Baltic amber specimen has revealed that millions of years ago tiny worms kno...
Published Fishy mystery of marine reptile solved
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source The identity of a prehistoric marine reptile has finally been revealed after experts discovered that...
Published Extinct humans survived on the Tibetan plateau for 160,000 years
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source Bone remains found in a Tibetan cave 3,280 m above sea level indicate an ancient group of humans sur...
Published Ore-some: New date for Earth's largest iron deposits offers clues for future exploration
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source Research reveals that Earth's largest iron ore deposits -- in the Hamersley Province of Western Aust...
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 X-ray analysis sheds new light on prehistoric predator's last meal - X-Ray Analysis Reveals Prehistoric Predator's Last Meal
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source We now know more about the diet of a prehistoric creature that grew up to two and a half meters long...
Published Researchers solve a 150-year-old mystery: Aetosaur find involves juveniles - Researchers Solve a 150-Year-Old Mystery: Aetosaur Find Involves Juveniles
(via sciencedaily.com) Aetosaurs had a small head and a crocodile-like body. The land dwellers were up to six meters long a...
Published Bees evolved from ancient supercontinent, diversified faster than suspected
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source The origin of bees is tens of millions of years older than most previous estimates, a new study show...
Published The clams that fell behind, and what they can tell us about evolution and extinction
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source A new study examined how bivalves -- the group that includes clams, mussels, scallops, and oysters -...
Published Ancient DNA reveals an early African origin of Cattle in the Americas
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source Using ancient DNA, researchers have determined cattle were imported from Africa to the Americas much...
Published Evolving elegance: Scientists connect beauty and safeguarding in ammonoid shells
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source With 350 million years of evolution culminating in almost two centuries of scientific discourse, a n...
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 Waves of change: How sea-levels and climate altered the marine ecosystems at the South Pole 390-385 million years ago
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source New research reveals a chain of environmental disasters. These took place in what is today's South A...