One starfish to rule them all
At 480 million years old, this fossil is the oldest starfish-like creature ever discovered.
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Ancient art reveals extinct goose
As a University of Queensland researcher examined a 4600-year-old Egyptian painting last year, a speckled goose caught his eye.
Archaeology
Feb 23, 2021
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Ancient owl vomit helps researchers unpack prehistoric bone secrets
Curtin University researchers studying one of the oldest collections of ancient animal bones in the world have used DNA still present in the bones to identify 17 animal species, including two rodents previously not known ...
Evolution
Feb 8, 2021
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Researcher uncovers evidence of earliest known dairy production in India
In the fertile river valley along the border of modern-day India and Pakistan, the Indus Valley Civilization built some of the largest cities in the ancient world. Feeding such a large population would have been a significant ...
Archaeology
Oct 19, 2020
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Researchers reveal a much richer picture of the past with new DNA recovery technique
Researchers at McMaster University have developed a new technique to tease ancient DNA from soil, pulling the genomes of hundreds of animals and thousands of plants—many of them long extinct—from less than a gram of sediment.
Archaeology
Sep 10, 2020
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Animal mummies unwrapped with hi-res 3-D X-rays
Three mummified animals from ancient Egypt have been digitally unwrapped and dissected by researchers, using high-resolution 3-D scans that give unprecedented detail about the animals' lives—and deaths—over 2000 years ...
Archaeology
Aug 20, 2020
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Traces of ancient life tell story of early diversity in marine ecosystems
If you could dive down to the ocean floor nearly 540 million years ago just past the point where waves begin to break, you would find an explosion of life—scores of worm-like animals and other sea creatures tunneling complex ...
Archaeology
Aug 14, 2020
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Ancient crocodiles walked on two legs like dinosaurs
An international research team has been stunned to discover that some species of ancient crocodiles walked on their two hind legs like dinosaurs and measured over three meters in length.
Archaeology
Jun 11, 2020
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Piecing together the Dead Sea Scrolls with DNA evidence
The collection of more than 25,000 fragments of ancient manuscripts known as the Dead Sea Scrolls include, among other ancient texts, the oldest copies of books of the Hebrew Bible. But finding a way to piece them all together ...
Archaeology
Jun 2, 2020
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Beach-combing Neanderthals dove for shells
Did Neanderthals wear swimsuits? Probably not. But a new study suggests that some of these ancient humans might have spent a lot of time at the beach. They may even have dived into the cool waters of the Mediterranean Sea ...
Archaeology
Jan 15, 2020
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