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Biology: Evolutionary Biology: Marine Ecology: Sea Life Paleontology: Fossils Paleontology: General
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Oldest known species of swimming jellyfish identified      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

Royal Ontario Museum announces the oldest swimming jellyfish in the fossil record with the newly nam ...

Anthropology: General Archaeology: General
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China's oldest water pipes were a communal effort      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

A system of ancient ceramic water pipes, the oldest ever unearthed in China, shows that neolithic pe ...

Anthropology: Cultures Offbeat: General Offbeat: Paleontology and Archeology
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Excavated dolmen in Sweden one of the oldest in Scandinavia      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

The first analysis results now confirm that the grave in Tiarp is one of the oldest stone burial cha ...

Space: The Solar System
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Shining a light on Moon’s oldest geologic imprints - Shining a Light on Moon's Oldest Geologic Imprints      (via sciencedaily.com) 

New research has found the Moon may have been subjected to much greater impacts from asteroids and o...

Archaeology: General
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Shipboard cannon found off the Swedish coast may be the oldest in Europe      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

Maritime archaeologists have studied what might be Europe's oldest shipboard cannon. The cannon was ...

Biology: Botany Paleontology: Climate Paleontology: Fossils Paleontology: General
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Mysterious fruit shown to be the oldest known fossils of the Frankincense and Myrrh family      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

Early in the 1970s, paleontologists discovered strange fossilized fruits between hardened rock from...

Space: Astronomy Space: Astrophysics Space: Cosmology Space: Exploration Space: General Space: Structures and Features
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Astronomers spot oldest 'dead' galaxy yet observed      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

A galaxy that suddenly stopped forming new stars more than 13 billion years ago has been observed by...

Paleontology: Dinosaurs Paleontology: Fossils
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Oldest Pterodactylus fossil found in Germany - Oldest Pterodactylus Fossil Found in Germany      (via sciencedaily.com) 

The oldest Pterodactylus specimen was found near Painten, Germany. The fossil is about one million y ...