Genetic information from an 800,000-year-old human fossil has been retrieved for the first time. The results shed light on one of the branching points in the human family tree, reaching …read more Source:: Science
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‘Artificial leaf’ successfully produces clean gas
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•A widely-used gas that is currently produced from fossil fuels can instead be made by an ‘artificial leaf’ that uses only sunlight, carbon dioxide and water, and which could eventually …read more Source:: Science
World’s smallest fossil monkey found in Amazon jungle
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•Some 18 million years ago, a tiny monkey weighing little more than a baseball lived in the Amazon rainforest, the smallest fossil monkey known worldwide. The finding is based on …read more Source:: Science
Ancient ‘Texas Serengeti’ had elephant-like animals, rhinos, alligators and more
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•During the Great Depression, Texans were put to work as fossil hunters. The workers retrieved tens of thousands of specimens that have been studied in small bits and pieces while …read more Source:: Science
66-million-year-old deathbed linked to dinosaur-killing meteor
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•Paleontologists have found a fossil site in North Dakota that contains animals and plants killed and buried within an hour of the meteor impact that killed the dinosaurs 66 million …read more Source:: Science
The 210-million-year-old Smok was crushing bones like a hyena
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•Coprolites, or fossil droppings, of the dinosaur-like archosaur Smok wawelski contain lots of chewed-up bone fragments. This led researchers to conclude that this top predator was exploiting bones for salt …read more Source:: Science
Fossilized slime of 100-million-year-old hagfish shakes up vertebrate family tree
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•Paleontologists have discovered the first detailed fossil of a hagfish, the slimy, eel-like carrion feeders of the ocean. The 100-million-year-old fossil helps answer questions about when these ancient, jawless fish …read more Source:: Science
Oldest fossil of a flying squirrel sheds new light on its evolutionary tree
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•The oldest flying squirrel fossil ever found has unearthed new insight on the origin and evolution of these airborne animals. …read more Source:: Science
Fossil evidence of large flowering trees in N. America 15 millions years earlier
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•A newly discovered fossil suggests that large, flowering trees grew in North America by the Turonian age, showing that these large trees were part of the forest canopies there nearly …read more Source:: Science
World’s oldest lizard fossil discovered
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•Paleontologists have identified the world’s oldest lizard, providing key insight into the evolution of modern lizards and snakes. …read more Source:: Science