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Published Survival of the newest: the mammals that survive mass extinctions aren't as 'boring' as scientists thought
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source For decades, scientists have assumed that mammals and their relatives that survived challenging time...
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 Panama Canal expansion rewrites history of world's most ecologically diverse bats
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source In a new study, paleontologists describe the oldest-known leaf-nosed bat fossils, which were found a...
Published Revised dating of the Liujiang skeleton renews understanding of human occupation of China
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source Researchers have provided new age estimates and revised provenance information for the Liujiang huma...
Published To kill mammoths in the Ice Age, people used planted pikes, not throwing spears, researchers say
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source Archeologists say new findings might help resolve the debate about Clovis points and reshape how we...
Published Last surviving woolly mammoths were inbred but not doomed to extinction
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source The last population of woolly mammoths was isolated on Wrangel Island off the coast of Siberia 10,00...
Published Half a billion-year-old spiny slug reveals the origins of mollusks
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source Exceptional fossils with preserved soft parts reveal that the earliest mollusks were flat, armored s...
Published The ancestor of all modern birds probably had iridescent feathers
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source Birds tend to be more colorful in the tropics, and scientists wanted to find out how they got there:...
Published 319-million-year-old fish preserves the earliest fossilized brain of a backboned animal - 319-Million-Year-Old Fish Preserves the Earliest Fossilized Brain of a Backboned Animal
(via sciencedaily.com) The CT-scanned skull of a 319-million-year-old fossilized fish, pulled from a coal mine in England m...
Published How can a pollinating insect be recognized in the fossil record? - How to Identify Pollinating Insects in Fossil Records
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source Insect pollination is a decisive process for the survival and evolution of angiosperm (flowering) pl...
Published A jumping conclusion: Fossil insect ID'd as new genus, species of prodigious leaper, the froghopper - A Jumping Conclusion: Fossil Insect ID'd as New Genus, Species of Prodigious Leaper, the Froghopper
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source A fossil arthropod entombed in 100-million-year-old Burmese amber has been identified as a new genus...
Published Apes may have evolved upright stature for leaves, not fruit, in open woodland habitats - Apes May Have Evolved Upright Stature for Leaves, Not Fruit, in Open Woodland Habitats
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source Anthropologists have long thought that our ape ancestors evolved an upright torso in order to pick f...
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 First ever 3D reconstruction of 52,000-year-old woolly mammoth chromosomes thanks to serendipitously freeze-dried skin
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source An international research team has assembled the genome and 3D chromosomal structures of a 52,000-ye...
Published Fossil site reveals giant arthropods dominated the seas 470 million years ago - Fossil Site Reveals Giant Arthropods Dominated the Seas 470 Million Years Ago
(via sciencedaily.com) Discoveries at a major new fossil site in Morocco suggest giant arthropods -- relatives of modern cr...
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 Which came first: The reptile or the egg? - Which Came First: The Reptile or the Egg?
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source The earliest reptiles, birds and mammals may have borne live young, researchers have revealed. ABSTR...
Published Homo sapiens likely arose from multiple closely related populations - Homo sapiens likely arose from multiple closely related populations
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source In testing the genetic material of current populations in Africa and comparing against existing foss...
Published Multiple species of semi-aquatic dinosaur may have roamed pre-historic Britain - Multiple Species of Semi-Aquatic Dinosaurs May Have Roamed Pre-Historic Britain
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source Palaeontologists studying a British dinosaur tooth have concluded that several distinct groups of sp...
Published Woolly mammoths evolved smaller ears and woolier coats over the 700,000 years that they roamed the Siberian steppes - Woolly Mammoths: Evolution of Smaller Ears and Woolier Coats
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source A team of researchers compared the genomes of woolly mammoths with modern day elephants to find out...