Researchers announced a new species of mammal from the Age of Dinosaurs, representing the most complete mammal from the Cretaceous Period of continental Africa, and providing tantalizing insights into the …read more Source:: Science
Tag: Africa
Origins of giant extinct New Zealand bird traced to Africa
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•Scientists have revealed the African origins of New Zealand’s most mysterious giant flightless bird — the now extinct adzebill — showing that some of its closest living relatives are the …read more Source:: Science
The whole of Africa was the cradle of humankind
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•A new study breaks with the paradigm that the cradle of humankind lies in East Africa, based on the archaeological remains found at sites in the region of Ain Hanech …read more Source:: Science
Human ancestors not to blame for ancient mammal extinctions in Africa
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•New research disputes a long-held view that our earliest tool-bearing ancestors contributed to the demise of large mammals in Africa over the last several million years. Instead, the researchers argue …read more Source:: Science
Rapid cloud clearing phenomenon could provide another piece of climate puzzle
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•Researchers have described rapid and dramatic clearing of low cloud cover off the southwest coast of Africa. This newly observed phenomenon could help climatologists understand how clouds affect Earth’s heating …read more Source:: Science
Did humans leave Africa earlier than previously thought?
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•Ancient tools and bones discovered in China by archaeologists suggest early humans left Africa and arrived in Asia earlier than previously thought. …read more Source:: Science
Scientists discover the world’s oldest colors
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•Scientists have discovered the oldest colors in the geological record, 1.1-billion-year-old bright pink pigments extracted from rocks deep beneath the Sahara desert in Africa. …read more Source:: Science
Long suspected theory about the moon holds water
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•Scientists have discovered a mineral known as moganite in a lunar meteorite found in a hot desert in northwest Africa. …read more Source:: Science
The ecological costs of war: Conflict a consistent killer of African megafauna
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•Researchers report that war has been a consistent factor in the decades-long decline of Africa’s large mammals. But the researchers also found that wildlife populations rarely collapsed to the point …read more Source:: Science
Revising the story of the dispersal of modern humans across Eurasia
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•Most people are now familiar with the traditional ‘Out of Africa’ model: modern humans evolved in Africa and then dispersed across Asia and reached Australia in a single wave about …read more Source:: Science