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Study: Early Complex Life Forms Were Bottom-Dwellers | Sci. News
15+ min ago (146+ words) Analyzing 1. 75-billion-year-old microfossils from ancient Australian seabeds, paleontologists say ancient eukaryotes -- the ancestors of every plant, animal and fungus -- huddled in oxygenated seafloor patches for over a billion years before breaking free into open water....
A new way to determine whether a species will successfully invade an ecosystem
7+ hour, 26+ min ago (687+ words) When a new species is introduced into an ecosystem, it may succeed in establishing itself, or it may fail to gain a foothold and die out. Physicists at MIT have now devised a formula that can predict which of those…...
Whoa: 12-year-old boy finds 80-million-year-old fossil during educational field trip
2+ hour, 40+ min ago (258+ words) WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH/Gray News) - A Kansas boy found something historic during an educational field trip. Corbin Bullard, 12, is already a geology fan, especially dinosaurs. He is also a part of the 4-H Geology Club in Sedgwick County. "4-H is…...
No animal alive today is "primitive" " why are so many still labeled that way?
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (588+ words) We humans have long viewed ourselves as the pinnacle of evolution. People label other species as "primitive" or "ancient" and use terms like "higher" and "lower" animals. This anthropocentric perspective was entrenched in 1866, when German scientist Ernst Haeckel drew one…...
100, 000-Year-Old Bones in Ethiopia May Point to the Earliest Human Cremation
1+ hour, 43+ min ago (304+ words) Burned fossils reveal a vivid snapshot of early Homo sapiens life....
15 Creatures That Changed the Course of Evolution
2+ hour ago (233+ words) Did you ever wonder if a single animal could change the fate of life on Earth? Believe it or not, some creatures'big and small'have tipped the scales of evolution in ways that still ripple through the world today. Imagine a…...
Feathered Dragon Reveals Record-Breaking Long Tail Feathers Among Fossil
3+ hour, 39+ min ago (904+ words) In an extraordinary glimpse into the evolutionary past, scientists have unveiled a remarkable new fossil bird species whose extravagant tail feathers drastically challenge our understanding of early avian display and sexual selection. This extraordinary discovery, published in PLOS One, describes…...
The asteroid that ended the dinosaurs happened to strike a shallow seabed rich in sulphur and buried hydrocarbons, throwing soot and aerosols into the sky " and researchers argue the same rock hitting most other places might not have ended their reign.
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Ancient Teeth Found in Alaska Reveal the Arctic Was Creating New Mammal Species While Dinosaurs Still Ruled
8+ hour, 25+ min ago (524+ words) Millions of years ago, in conditions that seem difficult to imagine today, small mammals were adapting in ways scientists are only now beginning to uncover. Fossilized teeth discovered in Alaska's far north have revealed three previously unknown mammal species that…...
Tiny blue octopus discovered in Gal'pagos Islands is a species new to science
18+ hour, 44+ min ago (61+ words) KVUE Tiny blue octopus discovered in Gal'pagos Islands is a species new to science To stream KVUE on your phone, you need the KVUE app. Download the KVUE app Next up in 5 Example video title will go here for this…...