(Phys.org)—Murdoch University DNA scientists have used 30,000-year-old faecal matter known as middens to ascertain which plants and animals existed at that time in the hot, arid Pilbara region of North Western Australia.
Biotechnology
Nov 16, 2012
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A team of researchers began their journey around frigid Patagonia, moving through water channels to reach the fjords, surrounded by ice and snow. They withstood freezing temperatures throughout their journey, all in the hope ...
Earth Sciences
May 8, 2023
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Abel Moclán, a researcher at the Centro Nacional de Investigación sobre la Evolución Humana (CENIEH), is the lead author of a paper published in the journal Quaternary Science Reviews which undertook a zooarchaeological ...
Archaeology
Aug 26, 2021
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Every parent knows the feeling. Your child is crying and wants to go home, you pick them up to comfort them and move faster, your arms tired with a long walk ahead—but you cannot stop now. Now add to this a slick mud surface ...
Archaeology
Oct 9, 2020
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Meltwater pulses (MWPs) known as abrupt sea-level rise due to injection of melt water are of particular interests to scientists to investigate the interactions between climatic, oceanic and glacial systems. Eustatic sea-level ...
Earth Sciences
Mar 10, 2020
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Researchers at the University of Adelaide have found evidence of climate change that coincided with the first wave of European settlement of Australia, which effectively delivered a double-punch of drying and land clearance ...
Earth Sciences
Nov 27, 2018
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The First Australians were among the world's earliest great ocean explorers, undertaking a remarkable 2,000km maritime migration through Indonesia which led to the discovery of Australia at least 65,000 years ago.
Environment
Apr 2, 2018
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Human behaviour during the last intense period of global warming might offer an insight into how best to adapt to current climate change, a study suggests.
Earth Sciences
Nov 1, 2017
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High on mountains across Alaska, Canada, Europe and Russia near the upper tree line, even the hardiest of conifers are at the edge of survival. Their annual rings tell a story of extreme cold that limited their growth and ...
Earth Sciences
Jan 29, 2016
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ANSTO researchers using accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) capabilities have assisted Russian palaeobiologists in dating rare fossils from an extinct cave lion that had been preserved in permafrost.
Archaeology
Aug 27, 2015
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