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New fossil plant discovery links Patagonia to New Guinea in a warmer past

Fossil plants are windows to the past, providing us with clues as to what our planet looked like millions of years ago. Not only do fossils tell us which species were present before human-recorded history, ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Nov 10, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0




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Colourful boundary trespassers: burrowing parrots crossed the Andes 120,000 years ago

The Andes of southern South America form a hostile mountain range with glaciers, salty deserts and meagre high elevation steppes. Birds from more moderate climate zones cross this mountain range only rarely. ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jul 13, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

The Flight of Migrating Microbes

Every day, millions of microorganisms reach Spain from the Sahara Desert and the Sahel region - by flying.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jul 30, 2010 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Cultural identity of indigenous society of Patagonia restored

Argentinean and Spanish researchers have shown that indigenous societies in Patagonia, the southernmost region of the Earth inhabited by humans over the past 13,000 years, were not static and marginal as had ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Apr 13, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Researchers find an Australian dinosaur with South American heritage

Australia's links to South America have just gotten a bit closer, but not due to economic forces, rather fossil forces.

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Jun 11, 2008 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (11) | comments 0


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