Mammals were evolving up to ten times faster in the middle of the Jurassic than they were at the end of the period, coinciding with an explosion of new adaptations, new research shows.
Archaeology
Jul 16, 2015
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Modern birds may have evolved six million years earlier than thought, said Chinese palaeontologists Wednesday after analyzing the fossil remains of a previously unknown prehistoric relative.
Archaeology
May 5, 2015
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Scientists have uncovered the earliest fossilised evidence of an insect caring for its young.
Archaeology
Mar 31, 2015
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Many ancient crustaceans went extinct following a massive collapse of reefs across the planet, and new University of Florida research suggests modern species living in rapidly declining reef habitats may now be at risk.
Environment
Sep 23, 2013
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New research has revealed the hidden past of crocodiles, showing for the first time how these fierce reptiles evolved and survived in a dinosaur dominated world.
Archaeology
Sep 10, 2013
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Since the age of dinosaurs, most species of day-active mammals have retained the imprint of nocturnal life in their eye structures. Humans and other anthropoid primates, such as monkeys and apes, are the only groups that ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 30, 2012
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Scientists are uncovering a beautifully-preserved ecosystem from around a Jurassic hot spring, helping fill a gap in the fossil record of more than 300 million years.
Paleontology & Fossils
Mar 2, 2012
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A University of Missouri researcher has identified a new species of prehistoric crocodile. The extinct creature, nicknamed "Shieldcroc" due to a thick-skinned shield on its head, is an ancestor of today's crocodiles. Its ...
Archaeology
Jan 31, 2012
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A paper to be published on August 12, 2011 in Science reveals that Dr. F. Robin O'Keefe of Marshall University in Huntington, W.Va. and Dr. Luis Chiappe, Director of the Natural History Museum's Dinosaur Institute, have determined ...
Archaeology
Aug 11, 2011
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"Surely this is the most solitary organism in the world," wrote paleontologist Richard Fortey in his book about the evolution of life.
Plants & Animals
Jun 16, 2024
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