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Published Discovery of 500-million-year-old fossil reveals astonishing secrets of tunicate origins
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source Researchers describe a 500 million-year-old tunicate fossil species. The study suggests that the mod ...
Published Geoscientists map changes in atmospheric carbon dioxide over past 66 million years
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source An international consortium of geoscientists has reconstructed atmosphereric levels of carbon dioxid...
Published Scientists discover 36-million-year geological cycle that drives biodiversity
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source Movement in the Earth's tectonic plates indirectly triggers bursts of biodiversity in 36 million-yea ...
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 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 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 Scientists untangle interactions between the Earth's early life forms and the environment over 500 million years
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source The atmosphere, the ocean and life on Earth interacted over the past 500-plus million years in ways ...
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 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 360-million-year-old Irish fossil provides oldest evidence of plant self-defense in wood - 360-Million-Year-Old Irish Fossil Provides Oldest Evidence of Plant Self-Defense in Wood
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source Scientists have discovered the oldest evidence of plant self-defense in wood in a 360-million-year-o ...
Published Rays were more diverse 150 million years ago than previously thought
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source Scientists have explored the puzzling world of rays that lived 150 million years ago and discovered ...
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 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 450-million-year-old organism finds new life in Softbotics
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source Researchers have used fossil evidence to engineer a soft robotic replica of pleurocystitids, a marin...
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 Extinct ape gets a facelift, 12 million years later
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source A new study has reconstructed the well-preserved but damaged skull of a great ape species that lived...
Published Fossil find in California shakes up the natural history of cycad plants - Fossil Find in California Shakes Up the Natural History of Cycad Plants
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source According to researchers, a new analysis of an 80-million-year-old permineralized pollen cone found ...
Published Life on Earth didn't arise as described in textbooks
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source No, oxygen didn't catalyze the swift blossoming of Earth's first multicellular organisms. The result...
Published New fossil site of worldwide importance uncovered in southern France
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source Nearly 400 exceptionally well-preserved fossils dating back 470 million years have been discovered i ...