Scientists have reconstructed the ancient atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) record from about 300 million years ago. Their study reveals previously unknown fluctuations of atmospheric CO2 at levels projected for current …read more Source:: Science
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From ancient fossils to future cars
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•Engineers are developing cheap, energy-efficient lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles from silicon in diatomaceous earth. The research could lead to the development of ultra-high capacity lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles …read more Source:: Science
Age of first chief’s ancient tomb reveals Pacific Islanders invented new kind of society
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•New uranium series analysis of chief’s tomb suggests island’s monumental structures are earliest evidence of a chiefdom in the Pacific — yielding new keys to how societies emerge and evolve. …read more Source:: Science
Extraterrestrial impact preceded ancient global warming event
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•A comet strike may have triggered the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM), a rapid warming of Earth caused by an accumulation of atmospheric carbon dioxide 56 million years ago, which offers …read more Source:: Science
Ancient people conquered the Arctic at least 45,000 years ago
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•WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The frozen carcass of a woolly mammoth found in Siberia with unmistakable signs of spear wounds is providing evidence that people inhabited Arctic regions thousands of years …read more Source:: UKScienceNews
Ancient tools show mysterious humans occupied Indonesian island
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•WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The diminutive prehistoric human species dubbed the “Hobbit” that inhabited the isle of Flores apparently had company on other Indonesian islands long before our species, Homo sapiens, …read more Source:: UKScienceNews
Odd ancient lizard-like reptile called earliest-known turtle
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•WASHINGTON (Reuters) – It was a creature that one scientist said resembled “a strange, gluttonous lizard that swallowed a small Frisbee.” …read more Source:: UKScienceNews