In a finding that reminded experts of the ancient Roman city of Pompeii – which was buried “alive” under a thick layer of volcanic ash centuries ago – an international group of investigators recently discovered a 300-million-year-old forest that suffered exactly the same fate.
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21 February 2012
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University of Oregon professor of geological sciences Gregory J. Retallack says that the conclusions of his latest studies on how fish began turning into tetrapods (four-legged animals) indicate a picture different from commonly-accepted theories on how life moved out of the water.
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28 December 2011
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Analyzing fossils can yield a variety of clues about things that happened hundreds of millions of years ago, and about the origins and evolution of life itself. But actually studying the remnants is a very delicate process, due to their frailty. A new technique now eliminates this inconvenience.One of the most common... |
1 February 2011
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A new species of flying reptile was identified on the coast of British Columbia, by a very persistent University of Alberta paleontology researcher, who after several months of research, finally concluded that the fossilized jaw bone belonged to a new species of pterosaur, a flying reptile that inhabited Earth 70 mil... |
13 January 2011
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A team of investigators managed to uncover two new species of dinosaur at a site in Utah. The creatures were slightly smaller than their most famous “peers,” but they make up for that by having over-sized, multi-horned heads.Researchers basically describe them as a “giant rhinos with a ridiculously ... |
23 September 2010
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A team of international paleontologists announces the discovery of a new species of crocodile, that lived more than 105 million years ago. The finding sheds new light on the past diversity of crocodile species, which apparently occupied some very important niches in the past. The fossilized remains of the creature we... |
5 August 2010
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One of the smallest dinosaurs ever found was recently unearthed in China by a team of archaeologists. The experts say that the fossilized remains would seem to indicate that this particular creature was one of the fastest and most agile to have lived in its days, and have therefore dubbed it as a “roadrunner.&r... |
30 March 2010
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According to the results of a new scientific study, a sand dune collapse that took place some 185 million years ago may have been the principal factor behind a dinosaur fossil recovered from Utah. Researchers hypothesize in a recently-published study that a large amount of the stuff collapsed at one point, hitting a ... |
24 March 2010
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According to a new scientific study, experts managed to discover the fossilized remains of dinosaur ancestors dating back to at least 243 million years ago. This new finding pushes back the date when the giant lizards developed by at least 10 million years, experts say. The ancestor discovered during the new digs goe... |
4 March 2010
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English researchers at the University of Bristol publish a new study in this week's issue of the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) showcasing how the fossilized tooth of a 30,000-year-old boy shapes our understanding of our species' evolution. The path that modern humans took in... |
7 January 2010
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Evolutionary biologists say that, as the early life of the Earth evolved, the oceans were the main social scene around. This was until some species decided that the competition was too steep, and wanted to try something different. So they did, and some of them started living in shallow waters near shorelines, making ... |
7 January 2010
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A team of paleontologists from three American universities has recently discovered a new species of primates that is not related to humans in any way. The find was made about 40 miles from Cairo, in Egypt. The lead researcher for the new investigation has been paleontologist Erik Seiffert, from the Stony Brook Univer... |
22 October 2009
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In a groundbreaking discovery that could potentially unlock the mystery surrounding the disappearance of dinosaurs, experts in India have uncovered an ancient dinosaur spawning ground, featuring hundreds of clusters of eggs. Initial estimates place the fossilized remains at about 65 million years in the past, althoug... |
2 October 2009
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The Burgess Shale Formation is one of the most well-preserved archaeological sites in the world. It features a wealth of fossils, from a world that disappeared some 500 million years ago, when the area of the Canadian Rocky Mountains where it's located was a seabed teeming with life. Despite thousands of millenn... |
21 August 2009
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Whenever paleontologists and archaeologists find a complete skeleton of an extinct beast, or the fossilized remains of an entire dinosaur, they are able to reduce the large mystery surrounding these animals by a tiny fraction. But all these discoveries, all the digging and the effort amounts to very little, if resear... |
16 April 2009
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