News tagged with fossil pollen
Evidence is weak for tropical rainforest 65 million years ago in Africa's low-latitudes
(PhysOrg.com) -- The landscape of Central Africa 65 million years ago was a low-elevation tropical belt, but the jury is still out on whether the region's mammals browsed and hunted beneath the canopy of a ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Oct 20, 2010 |
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Early sunflower family fossil found in South America
(PhysOrg.com) -- A beautifully preserved fossil identified as being of an early relative of the Asteraceae, or aster, family nearly 50 million years old suggests the plant family, which has now colonized much ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Sep 28, 2010 |
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Study suggests dinosaurs killed off by more than one asteroid
(PhysOrg.com) -- Dinosaurs, along with over half of other species, became extinct at the end of the Cretaceous period about 65.5 million years ago, and many scientists believe this was due to a single impact ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Aug 31, 2010 |
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Can modern-day plants trace their New Zealand ancestry?
One hundred million years ago the earth looked very different from how it does today. Continents were joining and breaking apart, dinosaurs were roaming the earth, and flowering plants were becoming more widespread.
Jan 21, 2010 |
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Plants may affect the effect of wildfires
(PhysOrg.com) -- Rising temperatures may lead to more tinder-dry vegetation, but that doesn't mean there will be a higher risk for wildfires in a particular area.
May 01, 2009 |
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