New fossil find sheds light on how humans learned to walk
How did humans learn to walk upright?
Archaeology
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Scientists discover bioluminescent 'green bombers' from the deep sea
(PhysOrg.com) -- In the latest proof that the oceans continue to offer remarkable findings and much of their vastness remains to be explored, scientists at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego and their colleagues ...
Plants & Animals
Aug 20, 2009
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Six newly discovered beetle species include one with bottle-opener shaped genitalia
Six new beetle species have been discovered in South America by researchers at the University of Copenhagen. Among them is one with a distinctively shaped sexual organ that has led the researchers to name it after global ...
Plants & Animals
Nov 13, 2023
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Hidden in plain sight: Seven new species of showy tropical forest ferns
Researchers from the University of Turku have described seven new fern species from the rainforests of tropical America. Many of the species were uncovered as the byproduct of ecological research: the species diversity in ...
Plants & Animals
Jul 8, 2022
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A long history of European geckos
Geckos lived in Europe as early as 47 million years ago, say paleontologists who have examined a nearly complete fossil gecko skull from central Germany. This previously unknown species was found in a former coalmining area—Geiseltal—and ...
Evolution
Jun 7, 2022
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Previously unknown dolphin species were present in ancient Swiss ocean
Twenty million years ago, the Swiss Plateau region, or Mittelland, was an ocean in which dolphins swam. Researchers at the University of Zurich's Paleontological Institute have now discovered two previously unknown species ...
Paleontology & Fossils
May 17, 2022
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A new basal ichthyosauromorph from the Lower Triassic (Olenekian) of Zhebao, Guangxi Province, South China
Ichthyosaurs are a group of successful Mesozoic marine reptiles that have a worldwide distribution, but their evolutionary origin is still unclear. In recent years, many new marine reptiles related to ichthyosaurs, and called ...
Paleontology & Fossils
Apr 7, 2022
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Egypt team identifies fossil of land-roaming whale species
Egyptian scientists say the fossil of a four-legged prehistoric whale, unearthed over a decade ago in the country's Western Desert, is that of a previously unknown species. The creature, an ancestor of the modern-day whale, ...
Ecology
Sep 14, 2021
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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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New species of dinosaur discovered lying forgotten in a museum
(Phys.org) —A palaeontologist from our University studying fossils that were kept in a museum in Canada for over 75 years has discovered a new species of dinosaur.
Archaeology
Nov 26, 2014
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