Archaeologist sees Bosnia stone sphere as the most massive in Europe
An archaeologist is looking at a rock with great interest, a sphere unearthed in a forest, believed to be part of ancient civilization. Or is it just a very big rock?
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Evidence of ancient life discovered in mantle rocks deep below the seafloor
Ancient rocks harbored microbial life deep below the seafloor, reports a team of scientists from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), Virginia Tech, and the University of Bremen. This new evidence was contained ...
Earth Sciences
Aug 31, 2015
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Modeling sulfur in the Archean atmosphere
A new study has revealed details about the composition of Earth's atmosphere during the Archean eon, which lasted from around 4 billion years ago to 2.4 billion years ago.
Earth Sciences
Sep 3, 2014
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Ancient rocks yield clues about Earth's earliest crust
(Phys.org) —It looks like just another rock, but what Jesse Reimink holds in his hands is a four-billion-year-old chunk of an ancient protocontinent that holds clues about how the Earth's first continents formed.
Earth Sciences
May 29, 2014
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Meteorite study suggests Mars' ancient atmosphere may be locked in its rocky terrain
(Phys.org) —A team of researchers from the U.K. and the Netherlands has found evidence of carbonation in a meteorite that was found in the U.S. back in 1931—prior research has proven that the meteorite is actually a rock ...
Iron in primeval seas rusted by bacteria
(Phys.org) —Researchers from the University of Tübingen have been able to show for the first time how microorganisms contributed to the formation of the world's biggest iron ore deposits. The biggest known deposits – ...
Earth Sciences
Apr 25, 2013
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Study opens possibility of more dynamic biological oxygen cycle on early Earth than previously supposed
A research team of biogeochemists at the University of California, Riverside has provided a new view on the relationship between the earliest accumulation of oxygen in the atmosphere, arguably the most important biological ...
Earth Sciences
Apr 24, 2013
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Toxic oceans may have delayed spread of complex life
A new model suggests that inhospitable hydrodgen-sulphide rich waters could have delayed the spread of complex life forms in ancient oceans.
Earth Sciences
Feb 28, 2013
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Remains of man in armour found at 'Pompeii of Japan'
The remains of a high-caste man wearing armour who was buried by hot ash—possibly as he tried to calm the wrath of an erupting volcano—have been found in an area known as the "Pompeii of Japan".
Archaeology
Dec 18, 2012
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New species of ancient rodents hint at what could be world's oldest grasslands
A paleontological team that includes scientists from the American Museum of Natural History; University of California, Santa Barbara; and Case Western Reserve University has described two ancient species of South American ...
Archaeology
Jul 23, 2012
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