Researchers dig into case of geologic amnesia
A team of geologists led by the University of Colorado Boulder is digging into what may be Earth's most famous case of geologic amnesia.
A team of geologists led by the University of Colorado Boulder is digging into what may be Earth's most famous case of geologic amnesia.
Earth Sciences
Apr 27, 2020
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Newly discovered fossil evidence from Namibia strengthens the proposition that the world's first mass extinction was caused by "ecosystem engineers" - newly evolved biological organisms that altered the environment so radically ...
Archaeology
Jul 29, 2016
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An international team including scientists at the University of St Andrews has unlocked the secret of one of the great events of Earth's evolution – the Cambrian explosion.
Archaeology
Feb 19, 2016
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An exceptionally well-preserved collection of fossils discovered in eastern Yunnan Province, China, has enabled scientists to solve a centuries-old riddle in the evolution of life on earth, revealing what the first animals ...
Evolution
Nov 1, 2022
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(Phys.org) —A Virginia Tech geobiologist with collaborators from the Chinese Academy of Sciences have found evidence in the fossil record that complex multicellularity appeared in living things about 600 million years ago ...
Archaeology
Sep 25, 2014
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A new analysis of geologic history may help solve the riddle of the "Cambrian explosion," the rapid diversification of animal life in the fossil record 530 million years ago that has puzzled scientists since the time of Charles ...
Earth Sciences
Oct 31, 2014
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A new study led by Adelaide researchers has estimated, for the first time, the rates of evolution during the "Cambrian explosion" when most modern animal groups appeared between 540 and 520 million years ago.
Evolution
Sep 12, 2013
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(Phys.org) -- The oceans teemed with life 600 million years ago, but the simple, soft-bodied creatures would have been hardly recognizable as the ancestors of nearly all animals on Earth today.
Earth Sciences
Apr 18, 2012
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Paleontologists have discovered that a group of remarkable ancient sea creatures existed for much longer and grew to much larger sizes than previously thought, thanks to extraordinarily well-preserved fossils discovered in ...
Archaeology
May 25, 2011
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One of the most bizarre-looking fossils ever found - a worm-like creature with legs, spikes and a head difficult to distinguish from its tail – has found its place in the evolutionary Tree of Life, definitively linking ...
Archaeology
Aug 17, 2014
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