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Published Ancient giant amphibians swam like crocodiles 250 million years ago - Ancient Giant Amphibians Swam Like Crocodiles 250 Million Years Ago
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Ancient 2m-long amphibians swam like crocodiles long before true crocodiles existed, according to a...
Published Did primitive cetaceans feed like marine reptiles? - Did Primitive Cetaceans Feed Like Marine Reptiles?
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Did the first ancestors of whales pick up where the mosasaurs left off 66 million years ago, after t...
Published World's oldest meal helps unravel mystery of our earliest animal ancestors - World's Oldest Meal Helps Unravel Mystery of Our Earliest Animal Ancestors
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The contents of the last meal consumed by the earliest animals known to inhabit Earth more than 550...
Published Archaeologists reveal pre-Hispanic cities in Bolivia with laser technology - Archaeologists Reveal Pre-Hispanic Cities in Bolivia with Laser Technology
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Several hundred settlements from the time between 500 and 1400 AD lie in the Bolivian Llanos de Mojo...
Published Ancient amphibians had their bones cooked - Ancient Amphibians: A Surprising Discovery About Their Bones
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Scientists have solved a decades-long mystery as to why ancient tetrapods -- amphibian-like creature...
Published Wildfires may have sparked ecosystem collapse during Earth's worst mass extinction - Wildfires May Have Sparked Ecosystem Collapse During Earth's Worst Mass Extinction
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New research reveals that wildfires may have been a key contributor to the total collapse of land ec...
Published New geosciences study shows Triassic fossils that reveal origins of living amphibians - New Geosciences Study Shows Triassic Fossils That Reveal Origins of Living Amphibians
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A team of paleontologists have discovered the first 'unmistakable' Triassic-era caecilian fossil --...
Published Chicken breeding in Japan dates back to fourth century BCE - Chicken Breeding in Japan: A Rich History Dating Back to Fourth Century BCE
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Conclusive evidence of chicken breeding in the Yayoi period of Japan has been discovered from the Ka...
Published 319-million-year-old fish preserves the earliest fossilized brain of a backboned animal - 319-Million-Year-Old Fish Preserves the Earliest Fossilized Brain of a Backboned Animal
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The CT-scanned skull of a 319-million-year-old fossilized fish, pulled from a coal mine in England m...
Published A protein mines, sorts rare earths better than humans, paving way for green tech - A Protein Mines, Sorts Rare Earths Better Than Humans, Paving Way for Green Tech
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Rare earth elements, like neodymium and dysprosium, are a critical component to almost all modern te ...
Published Mammoths, meet the metaverse - Mammoths, Meet the Metaverse: How Virtual Reality is Bringing Extinct Species Back to Life
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Paleontologists from La Brea Tar Pits develop a whole herd of scientifically accurate extinct animal...
Published Worse than diesel and gasoline? Bioenergy as bad as fossils if there is no pricing of CO2 emissions from land-use change, experts argue
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Demand for modern biofuels is expected to grow substantially in order to mitigate climate emissions. ...
Published Genetic methods enable the use of fossil lipids as biomarkers for oxygen-producing primordial bacteria
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Cyanobacteria are a key species in Earth's history, as they introduced atmospheric oxygen for the fi...
Published Long distance voyaging among the Pacific Islands - Long Distance Voyaging Among the Pacific Islands
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An international team of researchers has used geochemical fingerprinting to reconstruct long-distanc...
Published Scientists recover an ancient woman's DNA from a 20,000-year-old pendant - Scientists Recover DNA from 20,000-Year-Old Pendant
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An international research team has for the first time successfully isolated ancient human DNA from a...
Published The Malaria parasite generates genetic diversity using an evolutionary 'copy-paste' tactic
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All modern Plasmodium falciparum, the deadliest malaria parasite in humans, are descendants of one i ...
Published Life before air conditioning: Curly hair kept early humans cool - Life before air conditioning: Curly hair kept early humans cool
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Curly hair does more than simply look good -- it may explain how early humans stayed cool while cons...
Published Revealing the genome of the common ancestor of all mammals - Revealing the Genome of the Common Ancestor of All Mammals
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An international team has reconstructed the genome organization of the earliest common ancestor of a...
Published Species diversity promotes ecosystem stability
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What maintains stability within an ecosystem and prevents a single best competitor from displacing o...
Published Ancient ocean floors could help in the search for critical minerals - Ancient Ocean Floors: A Treasure Trove of Critical Minerals
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Studying ancient ocean floors could help us discover minerals needed to produce electric cars and so...