Blombos Cave in South Africa has given us vast knowledge about our early ancestors. In 2015, four open access articles, with research finds from Blombos as a starting point, have been published in the journal PLOS ONE.
Archaeology
Feb 2, 2016
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Numerous dinosaur eggs and a clutch of turtle eggs have been recovered from the Tiantai Basin in Zhejiang Province of China. Paleontologists from Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology of the Chinese Academy ...
Archaeology
May 28, 2014
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Molecular analysis of the eggshell structure of large flightless birds such as ostriches and emus provides new insights into how they evolved.
Evolution
Jan 31, 2023
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Evidence from an ancient eggshell has revealed important new information about the extreme climate change faced by human early ancestors.
Paleontology & Fossils
Jul 8, 2021
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In the fifth report of our Egg Cetera series on egg-related research, engineers and zoologists work together to discover the secrets of the eggshell.
Plants & Animals
Apr 10, 2012
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Since the famous discovery of dinosaur eggs in the Gobi Desert in the early 1920s, the fossilized remains have captured the imaginations of paleontologists and the public, alike. Although dinosaur eggs have now been found ...
Archaeology
Oct 28, 2020
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Sea turtle researchers in the University of Georgia's Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources are using new technologies to unlock the mysteries of the ancient mariners: genetic fingerprinting.
Ecology
Jun 2, 2015
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Extinct archosaurs' eggshell porosity may be used as a proxy for predicting covered or exposed nest types, according to a study published November 25, 2015 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Kohei Tanaka from the University ...
Archaeology
Nov 25, 2015
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A new category of planet, known as eggshell planets, which orbit distant stars, have ultra-thin crusts too thin to sustain tectonics and will be hostile to life, according to a new international study involving the University ...
Astronomy
Nov 10, 2021
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After garnering worldwide attention last year for her research on the origins of egg color in birds, Yale paleontologist Jasmina Wiemann has taken a second look at her eggshells.
Archaeology
Jun 24, 2019
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